mormon

6 definitions found

mormon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
     1. (Zool.) 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
        .
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     Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
           the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the
           tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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     Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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     2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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     3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
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  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  Mormon \Mor"mon\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion;
     Mormon practices.
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  Mormon \Mor"mon\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. mormw`n monster,
     bugbear.] (Zool.)
     (a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the
         puffin.
     (b) The mandrill.
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  Mormon \Mor"mon\, prop. n. (Eccl.)
     One of a Christian denomination (The Church of Jesus Christ
     of Latter-day Saints) 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.
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     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. The church
           headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah. They form a
           substantial fraction of the population of Utah, and at
           the end of the 20th centrury their numbers were
           increasing due to active proselytization.
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mormon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mormon
      adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon
             Church; "Mormon leaders"; "the former Mormon practice of
             polygamy"
      n 1: the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph
           Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
           Saints
      2: a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
         [syn: Latter-Day Saint, Mormon]