Mormon

['mɔ:mən]

解释:

(noun.) the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

(adj.) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church; 'Mormon leaders'; 'the former Mormon practice of polygamy' .

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解释:

(n.) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin.

(n.) The mandrill.

(n.) 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.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. (Zoöl.) Colter-neb, Labrador auk, common puffin (Fratercula arctica).[2]. Mormonite.

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解释:

n. one of a religious sect in Utah U.S. openly polygamous till 1890 calling itself 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ' founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith whose supplement to the Bible the Book of Mormon was given out as translated from the golden plates of one 'Mormon ' but was really adapted from a MS. romance written about 1811 by Solomon Spaulding.—ns. Mor′monism; Mor′monite Mor′monist.

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