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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

American  

noun

  1. a denomination founded in the U.S. in 1830 by Joseph Smith and based on the teachings of the Book of Mormon.


Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints British  

noun

  1. the official name for the Mormon Church

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Their property taxes run $2,500 a year, and they give 10% of their income to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as you can imagine, doesn’t endorse “Mormon Wives” for many reasons.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2026

For many Latino members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is an ambivalent sense of the Church’s stance on immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

It sits on a hill, overlooking a crisp blue lake and a 218-feet-tall granite temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2025

He's a Mormon and belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The Taylors, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, have religious objections to material that their two elementary-age children might encounter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Most tradwife influencers who talk about faith are Christians of one denomination or another, including Catholics and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

From Salon Sep. 22, 2025

The group began in the 1930s, assembled by William King Driggs, who was a college voice trainer and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2023

Samuel Bateman was a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS, until he left to start his own small offshoot group.

From Washington Times Dec. 7, 2022

The town of Palmyra is intimately connected with the early history of the Mormons or "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."

From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company

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