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mormon

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mormon  \Mor"mon\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  Mormons;  as  the  Mormon  religion; 
  Mormon  practices. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Mormon 
  adj  :  (religion)  of  or  pertaining  to  or  characteristic  of  the 
  Mormon  church;  "Mormon  leaders";  "the  former  Mormon 
  practice  of  polygamy"  [syn:  {Mormon}] 
  n  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}]




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