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Mormon : adj : of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon church;
"Mormon leaders"; "the former Mormon practice of
polygamy" [syn: Mormon]
(noun)
1: the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph
Smith who founded the Mormon Church [syn: Mormon]
2: a member of the Mormon Church [syn: Latter-day Saint, Mormon]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Mormon : \Mor"mon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? monster, bugbear.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the
puffin.
(b) The mandrill.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mormon : \Mor"mon\, n. (Eccl.)
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 Mormons believe in polygamy, and their
hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and
religious matters.
Note: The Mormons call their religious organization The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its head
claims to receive revelations of God's will, and to
have certain supernatural powers.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mormon : \Mor"mon\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion;
Mormon practices.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mormon : \Mor"mon\, n. (Eccl.)
A member of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of
Latterday Saints, which has always rejected polygamy. It was
organized in 1852, and is represented in about forty States
and Territories of the United States.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied
to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak,
whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea
parrot.
Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin ({F. corniculata), the tufted puffin
({Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
2. (Bot.) The puffball.
3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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