Mormon
Americannoun
-
Mormons
plural
-
the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
-
Book of Mormon
noun
-
a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founded in 1830 at La Fayette, New York, by Joseph Smith
-
a prophet whose supposed revelations were recorded by Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon
adjective
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Not unlike the bestselling memoir “Educated” by Tara Westover, who overcomes an abusive childhood in a rural survivalist Mormon family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Then there’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” which returned Thursday with a shorter fifth season.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Lucky Blue Smith is part of a prominent Mormon family.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
It led to divorce and birthed the series, which aimed to give a glimpse of Utah’s Mormon mom influencers navigating the hyper-conservative religious expectations they live by or grew up in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Kathie was a Mormon, and she would sometimes take the kids to a nearby LDS church.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Despite only making up 2 percent of the population, Mormons have a large presence on social media.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
BBC News has spoken to some, many of whom prefer to be referred to as members of the Latter-day Saints rather than Mormons.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
Hundreds of students and visitors came to listen to him debate and discuss everything from which basketball player is the greatest to the finer differences between Mormons and evangelical Christians.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025
Utah County, which includes Happy Valley, is about 70% Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, and 70% white, according to the latest figures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
There are many more Catholics, Jews, and Mormons in the Senate than there were a generation or two ago.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
