Mormon
Americannoun
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the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Book of Mormon
noun
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a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founded in 1830 at La Fayette, New York, by Joseph Smith
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a prophet whose supposed revelations were recorded by Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon
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Jane Andersen, Arizona state leader for Mormon Women for Ethical Government, said she is concerned residents and small businesses will end up subsidizing the power needs of data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more irresistible character on television than Cirie Fields on the 50th edition of “Survivor,” or one more discussed than “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The country that houses the world’s second-largest Hindu temple is the U.S.—also home to the Christian street preacher, the Mormon missionary and the combative atheist.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
One of the biggest scoops Latifi reports is that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — widely known as the Mormon church — financially backs influencers.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Like me, and almost everyone at BYU, Mark was Mormon.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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