Mormon

mormon mormón mórmon Mórmon English Etymology From the title of the chief work of Joseph Smith the Book of Mormon. Followers of his religious movement were called this since the 1830s.An early use is in the title of the 1839 Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons, Or Latter Day Saints, from the State of Missouri. The title of the book comes from the name from the prophet who they believe compiled it, called Mormon, father of Moroni, and/or the Waters of Mormon mentioned in it.Within the Book of Mormon, the waters are said by the book to have been named by "the king" (taken in context to be King Noah). Various implausible etymologies have been proposed, usually in attempts to discredit or defend the Mormon faith.For example, the suggestion that Mormon or Moroni might be derived from moron cannot be correct, because moron was only coined in 1910. For more theories, see Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, volume 13 (2015, 1508514119. The most prominent pro-Mormon etymology is the one, suggested in an 1834 Times and Seasons letter, that the term derives from en more + a supposed egy *mon good, which, however, modern scholarship considers figurative at best — see Paul Y. Hoskisson, What's in a Name? Mormon part 1 (Insights 32/2, 2012) and part 2 (Insights 32/3, 2012). Matthew Bowen suggested that the name derives from egy mrj mr(j) to love, desire. On the anti-Mormon side, Eber D. Howe suggested in 1834 that "The English word Mormon [...] is the English termination of the Greek word, "Mormoo," which we find defined in an old obsolete Dictionary "bug-bear, hob-goblin, raw head, and bloody bones"; Hoskisson writes that "almost any knowledgeable reader, even in 1834, would have recognized that this definition is not only fabricated but downright silly." An anonymous editorialist wrote in 1841 that "[In] the reformed Egyptian tongue, [...] Mormon [is] a writer of wicked, absurd, fictitious nonsense, for evil purposes, to make sorcerors", which the Interpreter calls "laughable". Pronunciation en /ˈmɔːmən/ RP en /ˈmɔɹmən/ GenAm en ɔː(ɹ)mən 2 en En-us-Mormon.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Mormon.wav US Proper noun In Mormonism, an ancient American prophet who compiled the Book of Mormon. en. Translations ancient prophet Afrikaans: af Mormon Albanian: sq Mormon Amharic: am ሞርሞን Arabic: ar مورمون Mūrmūn Armenian: hy Մորմոն Bengali: bn মরমন Bulgarian: bg Мормон Chinese: Cantonese: yue 摩門 mo1 mun4 former translation, yue 摩爾門 mo1 ji5 mun4 Mandarin: cmn 摩門 Mómén former translation, cmn 摩爾門 Mó'ěrmén Danish: da Mormon Dutch: nl Mormon m, nl Mormoon m Finnish: fi Mormon French: fr Mormon Georgian: ka მორმონ German: de Mormon Hausa: ha Mormon Hawaiian: haw Moramona Hebrew: he מורמון Mormon Hindi: hi मॉरमन m Hungarian: hu Mormon Igbo: ig Mormon Italian: it Mormon Japanese: ja モルモン Morumon Kannada: kn ಮಾರ್ಮನ್ Khmer: km មរមន Korean: ko ^몰몬, ko ^모르몬 Kyrgyz: ky Мормон Lao: lo ມໍມອນ Latvian: lv Mormons Lithuanian: lt Mormonas Macedonian: mk Мормон Malayalam: ml മോർമൊൺ Marathi: mr मॉर्मन Mongolian: mn Мормон Nepali: ne मर्मन Norwegian: no Mormon Persian: fa مورمون mormon Polish: pl Mormon m Portuguese: pt Mórmon m Punjabi: pa ਮਾਰਮਨ Romanian: ro Mormon Russian: ru Мормо́н m Samoan: sm Mamona Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мормон Latin: sh Mormon Sinhalese: si මෝමන් Somali: so Mormon Spanish: es mormón Swedish: sv Mormon Tagalog: tl Mormon Tamil: ta மோர்மோன் Telugu: te మార్మన్ Thai: th มอร์มอน Mormon Turkish: tr Mormon Urdu: ur مورمن m morman Vietnamese: vi Mormon, vi Mặc Môn Yoruba: yo Mọmọnì Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Mormon is the 60347th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 334 individuals. Mormon is most common among White (52.99%) and Black/African-American (40.42%) individuals. Noun en originally derogatory sometimes proscribed A believer in the Mormon religion, which views Joseph Smith as a prophet of God and holds the Bible and the Book of Mormon as its primary scriptures. en Latter-day Saint LDS 1 That year, 1871, had marked a change which had been gradually coming in the lives of the peace-loving Mormons of the border. Coordinate terms Descendants 1 hop moomona 1 fj momani 1 sm Mamona 1 haw Moramona 1 pt mórmon 1 es mormón 1 ja モルモン Translations member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Afrikaans: af Mormoon Albanian: sq mormon m, sq mormone f Amharic: am ሞርሞን m Arabic: ar مورموني m mōrmōniyy, ar مورمونية f mōrmōniyya, ar مورمونيون m-p mūrmūnīyyūn, ar مورمونيات f-p mūrmūnīyyāt Armenian: hy մորմոն Aromanian: rup murmon, rup mormon male, rup murmonã, rup mormonã, rup murmoanã, rup mormoanã female Bengali: bn মরমন Bulgarian: bg мормон m, bg мормонка f Catalan: ca mormó m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 摩門教徒 mo1 mun4 gaau3 tou4 former translation, yue 摩爾門教徒 mo1 ji5 mun4 gaau3 tou4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 摩門教徒 Mô-bûn kàu-tô͘ former translation, nan-hbl 摩爾門教徒, nan-hbl 摩门教徒 Mô-ní-bûn kàu-tô͘ Mandarin: cmn 摩門教徒 Mómén jiàotú former translation, cmn 摩爾門教徒 Mó'ěrmén jiàotú Czech: cs mormon m Danish: da mormon c Dutch: nl mormoon m Esperanto: eo mormono Finnish: fi mormoni French: fr Mormon m Georgian: ka მორმონი German: de Mormone m Greek: el μορμόνος m, el μορμόνα f Hausa: ha Mormon Hawaiian: haw Moramona Hebrew: he מורמוני m Mormoni Hindi: hi मॉरमन m Igbo: ig Mormon Interlingua: ia Mormon Japanese: ja モルモン morumon Kannada: kn ಮಾರ್ಮನ್ Khmer: km មរមន Korean: ko ^모르몬, ko ^몰몬 Kyrgyz: ky Мормон Lao: lo ມໍມອນ Latvian: lv mormoņu Lithuanian: lt mormonų Malayalam: ml മോർമൊൺ Marathi: mr मॉर्मन Mongolian: mn Мормон Navajo: nv Gáamalii Nepali: ne मर्मन Norwegian: Bokmål: nb mormon m Nynorsk: nn mormon m Polish: pl mormon m, pl mormonka f Portuguese: pt mórmon m f Punjabi: pa ਮਾਰਮਨ Russian: ru мормо́н m, ru мормо́нка f Samoan: sm Mamona Sinhalese: si මෝමන් Somali: so Mormon Spanish: es mormón Swedish: sv mormon c Tagalog: tl Mormon Tamil: ta மோர்மோன் Telugu: te మార్మన్ Thai: th มอร์มอน Mormon Turkish: tr Mormon Ukrainian: uk мормон m mormón, uk мормонка f mormónka Urdu: ur مورمن m morman Vietnamese: vi Mormon Welsh: cy Mormon s, cy Mormoniaid p Yoruba: yo Mọmọnì Adjective - en sometimes _ proscribed Of, or pertaining to, the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr. Translations pertaining to the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr Afrikaans: af Mormoons Albanian: sq mormon m, sq mormone f Amharic: am ሞርሞን Arabic: ar مورموني m mūrmūnī, ar مورمونية f mūrmūnīyya Aromanian: rup mormonescu, rup murmonescu, rup murmunescu male, rup mormoneascã, rup murmoneascã, rup murmuneascã female Bengali: bn মরমন Bulgarian: bg мормо́нски Catalan: ca mormó Chinese: Cantonese: yue 摩門 mo1 mun4 former translation, yue 摩爾門 mo1 ji5 mun4 Mandarin: cmn 摩門 Mómén former translation, cmn 摩爾門 Mó'ěrmén Czech: cs mormonský Dutch: nl mormoons Finnish: fi mormonilainen French: fr mormon Georgian: ka მორმონი German: de mormonisch Greek: el μορμονικός m Hausa: ha Mormon Hawaiian: haw moramona Hebrew: he מורמוני mormoni Hindi: hi मॉरमन m Igbo: ig Mormon Khmer: km មរមន Kyrgyz: ky мормон Lao: lo ມໍມອນ Latvian: lv mormoņu Lithuanian: lt mormonų Marathi: mr मॉर्मन Mongolian: mn Мормон Navajo: nv Gáamalii Nepali: ne मर्मन Polish: pl mormoński Portuguese: pt mórmon Punjabi: pa ਮਾਰਮਨ Romanian: ro mormon m, ro mormonă f Russian: ru мормо́нский Samoan: sm Mamona Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh мо̀рмо̄нски Latin: sh mòrmōnski Spanish: es mormón Swedish: sv mormonsk Thai: th มอร์มอน Mormon Turkish: tr Mormon Urdu: ur مورمن m morman Vietnamese: vi Mormon Yoruba: yo Mọmọnì Derived terms en exmo Jack Mormon Molly Mormon Mormonism Mormon cricket anti-Mormon Mopologist Mormondom Mormoness Mormonise Mormonistic Mormonite Mormonize Mormonness Mormonophobia Mormony References en Mormonism People