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📜 Relating to Mormons 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 A Mormon follower 📖 Old term for Mormon
Mormonite

Mormonite

9.8
A person who follows the Mormon church, often an early member
  • noun
  • /ˈmɔrməˌnaɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : mormón
  • (Bobby) Am l gonna have to go back and tell the governor of this state that the men of Missouri are afraid of a few Mormonites?

Examples

  • The early Mormonites faced persecution for their beliefs and practices.

  • During the 19th century, many Mormonites migrated westward in search of religious freedom.

  • As a historian, she focused her research on the lives of Mormonites in the American frontier.

Synonyms

Latter-Day Saint
vsMormonite
19 5.2

A person who belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often called the Mormon Church

is the older general label used for early adherents
Mormon
vsMormonite
4.2

A person who belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

is the older or general term used for early followers
Mormons
vsMormonite
5.1

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Christian group started in 1830

is an older or general label for early movement followers

Surface Forms

Mormonite singular
Mormonites plural

Morphology

Mormonite = Mormon (semi-transparent) = Mormon + ite

The suffix '-ite' indicates a follower or relating to, but the specific religious connotation may not be immediately clear.

Etymology

Mormonite is made from Mormon and the ending -ite, which means 'follower' or 'member', so a Mormonite is a follower of Mormonism and the word was often used in the 1800s.