Mormonism

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Mor·mon

(môr′mən) Mormon Church

1. An ancient prophet believed to have compiled a sacred history of the Americas, which was translated and published by Joseph Smith as the Book of Mormon in 1830.

2. A member of the Mormon Church. Also called Latter-day Saint.

adj.

Of or relating to the Mormons, their religion, or the Mormon Church.

Mor′mon·ism n.

Mormonism

1. the doctrines and polity of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founded in the U.S. in 1830 by Joseph Smith, especially its adoption of the Book of Mormon as an adjunct to the Bible.
2. adherence to these doctrines or membership in the Mormon Church. Also Mormondom. — Mormon, n., adj.

Mormonism

[ˈmɔːmənɪzəm] N → mormonismo m

Mormonism

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He knew nothing of Mormonism except the custom of polygamy, which is its foundation.

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The details of the case will probably be never known now, though we are informed upon good authority that the crime was the result of an old standing and romantic feud, in which love and Mormonism bore a part.

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Joseph Smith, the apostle of Mormonism, or to his benighted disciples; I have beheld religious scenes myself in some of our populous towns which can hardly be surpassed by an American camp- meeting; and I am not aware that any instance of superstitious imposture on the one hand, and superstitious credulity on the other, has had its origin in the United States, which we cannot more than parallel by the precedents of Mrs.

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