Skip to main content
Mormons

Mormons

5.1
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Christian group started in 1830
  • noun
  • /ˈmɔrmənz/
translation icon : mormones
  • The Mormons have a strong emphasis on family values and education.

So with that, let's get back into the story about the Mormons.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • And Mormons live slightly longer than other subcultures in the United States.

  • The prophet seer and revelator was dead and the Mormons were under attack, so they fled.

  • And Arizona has a greater percentage of Mormons in a lot of states perhaps.

  • All right, What do Mormons and Iceland have in common?

  • And my buddy's mom had all these like Mormon books on this book shelf right next to this couch.

  • And so there's a famous thing from Mormons about doubting your doubt, this idea that you should doubt your doubt because it makes you a better person.

  • But our very Republican Mormon governor, Spencer Cox can't stand Donald Trump.

  • I've had a, a fair number of Mormon entrepreneurs on the show, David Neilman, Joel Clark of Kodiak, Cakes Smith of Cotopaxi and others.

  • Many Mormons participate in community service projects to help others.

  • Mormons believe that their faith guides them in making moral decisions.

Synonyms

Latter-Day Saint
vsMormons
19 5.2

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

is the official group name emphasising founding and headquarters details
Mormon
vsMormons
4.2

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

refers to the whole group, adding founding date and headquarters information
Mormonite
vsMormons
  • Archaic
9.9

An old word for a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

is the current common term, not the archaic form

Surface Forms

Mormon singular
Mormons plural

Morphology

Mormons = Mormon (transparent) = Mormon + s

Regular plural formation of the proper noun 'Mormon'; the plural meaning is directly derived from the base word.

Etymology

Mormons are named after the group's sacred book, the Book of Mormon, which is itself named for a prophet in that book. So, Mormons means the people who belong to the church that follows that book.