Jaredite

[jar-i-dahyt]

noun

1. (in Mormon belief ) a member of a tribe of people who settled America after the dispersal at Babel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jaredite¹

Jared + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

A book written by the Jaredite leader, and yet to come forth.

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The golden plates containing the Nephite-Jaredite record were taken by Joseph Smith from the Jaredite hill Ramah, called by the Nephites, Cumorah.

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Then after the Flood, the Lord led to these Western continents the Jaredite colony from the Euphrates valley; and sixteen centuries later the Nephite colony from Jerusalem.

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