A person who belongs to the Christian religious groups related to the religion founded by Joseph Smith, Jr., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Nickname of a person who belongs to one of the Christian religious groups related to the religion founded by Joseph Smith, Jr., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon means relating to the religion started by Joseph Smith in the United States. the Mormon church. Mormons are people who are Mormon. a member of a religious organization formed in 1830 in the US, officially called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints (Mormon supposed writer of the Book of Mormon, holy book of the Mormons). Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or of a sect closely related to it (e.g., the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). The Mormon religion was founded by Joseph Smith, who received an angelic vision telling him the location of golden plates containing God's revelation; this he published in 1830 as the Book of Mormon. Smith and his followers accepted the Bible as well as the Mormon sacred scriptures but diverged significantly from orthodox Christianity, especially in their assertion that God exists in three distinct entities as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Mormons also believe that faithful members of the church will inherit eternal life as gods. Other unique doctrines include the belief in preexisting souls waiting to be born and in salvation of the dead through retroactive baptism. The church became notorious for its practice of polygamy, though polygamy was officially sanctioned only in 1852-90. Smith and his followers migrated from Palmyra, N.Y., to Ohio, Missouri, and finally Illinois, where Smith was killed by a mob in 1844. In 1846-47, under Brigham Young, the Mormons made a 1,100-mi (1,800-km) trek to Utah, where they founded Salt Lake City. In the early 21st century, the church had a worldwide membership of nearly 10 million, swelled yearly by the missionary work usually required (for two years) of all male members
The last of a pretended line of Hebrew prophets, and the pretended author of The Book of Mormon, or Golden Bible, written on golden plates This work was in reality written by the Rev Solomon Spalding, but was claimed by Joseph Smith as a direct revelation to him by the angel Mornion Spalding died in 1816; Smith, 1844
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 ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Mormon Church of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon church; "Mormon leaders"; "the former Mormon practice of polygamy