| Mormon (mormon) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||Mor"mon |
| [NL., fr. Gr.
mormw`n monster, bugbear.] (Zoöl.)
(a) |
A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick
bill; the puffin.
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| Mormon (mormon) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Mor"mon |
| (Eccl.) |
One
of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who
professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden
plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830.
The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles,
etc., has control of civil and religious matters.
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Of or pertaining to
the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon
practices.
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A member
of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of Latterday Saints,
which has always rejected polygamy. It was organized in 1852, and is
represented in about forty States and Territories of the United
States.
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