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

Mormonite

9.9
An old word for a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɔrməˌnaɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : mormón

Examples

  • Rather than embracing the disdainful "Mormonite" moniker, however, the followers of the Mormon prophet took the name that Christians had used in the meridian of time.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Abish, a dedicated Mormonite missionary, shared stories of her faith during the community event.

  • The Mormonite community organized a charity event to support families in need.

  • He identified as a Mormonite, embracing the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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is an older outdated term rather than the modern formal title
Mormons
vsMormonite
5.1

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

is an older outdated term instead of the common informal name

Surface Forms

Mormonite main

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 formed from Mormon and the ending -ite meaning 'member', and it used to be a common name for people in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but is now an older, less used word.