(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The video, which Kester said was taken by a friend of Savannah’s who came to support her, was circulated online this month and featured in a Mormon LGBTQ podcast.
(2) A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
(3) Finicum, who was killed one day before his 55th birthday, grew up in Page, Arizona, and was an active member of the Mormon church.
(4) The Mormon religion is one of many conservative faith groups upholding theological opposition to same-sex relationships amid widespread social acceptance and the US supreme court’s 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage.
(5) From a young age, Mormon children are given responsibilities such as household duties and the tending of younger siblings.
(6) This study analyzed the 6108 cardiovascular disease deaths between 1969--1971 in Utah of members in the Mormon Church.
(7) In the buildup to the keynote address, the convention listened to a series of tributes from members of his Mormon church, former business colleagues and fellow politicians.
(8) Opponents of the pipeline say draining the desert of groundwater would destroy the livelihoods of the cattle ranchers, Native American tribes, and Mormon enterprises that call this expanse home, and reduce a vast swath of the state to a dust bowl.
(9) Active Mormons are healthier than Mormons as a whole and rank among the lowest in mortality when compared with other groups of healthy males.
(10) Mormons, who have the highest birth rates in the US, have unique childbearing attitudes and practices that should be understood by the health care practitioners who work with this population.
(11) On his own return to the BBC after the war, Chilton made notable programmes on such varied subjects as the General Strike, the Mormons, the American civil war and Demon Drink, detailing the perils of the gin palace in Victorian Britain.
(12) Holder’s announcement was welcomed by campaigners in Utah, a state dominated by the Mormon church, which opposes gay marriage.
(13) Reasons for the relative mortality advantage of Maori Mormons were therefore not clear, although attitudes to health and health services utilization, and the influence of strong social support networks, might be involved.
(14) He can't talk about his life as a Mormon, which, rightly or wrongly, seems weird to most Americans and he can't talk about Massachusetts because the two policies he is known for – legislation against assault weapons and universal health insurance – are anathema to the Republican party.
(15) Social conservatives, some of whom are distrustful of Romney's Mormon religion and his liberal past political views, are less important in the state than in Iowa.
(16) The remaining life expectancy for active Mormon men at age 35 is about 44 years, over 7 years greater than for U.S. white males.
(17) The Triple Package identifies eight groups that are particularly successful in the US at the moment – Indian, Chinese, Iranian, Lebanese, Nigerian and Cuban groups, along with Mormons and Jewish people.
(18) But he said the unauthorized recording and a “disruptive demonstration” by a group of non-Mormon adults who were there were “problematic”.
(19) Religiously active Mormons in California are a nonsmoking population with unusually low risk for cancer.
(20) Paradoxically, non-Maori Mormon mortality rates were similar to those for non-Mormons.
Mormonism
Definition:
(n.) The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons.
Example Sentences:
(1) The video, which Kester said was taken by a friend of Savannah’s who came to support her, was circulated online this month and featured in a Mormon LGBTQ podcast.
(2) A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
(3) Finicum, who was killed one day before his 55th birthday, grew up in Page, Arizona, and was an active member of the Mormon church.
(4) The Mormon religion is one of many conservative faith groups upholding theological opposition to same-sex relationships amid widespread social acceptance and the US supreme court’s 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage.
(5) From a young age, Mormon children are given responsibilities such as household duties and the tending of younger siblings.
(6) This study analyzed the 6108 cardiovascular disease deaths between 1969--1971 in Utah of members in the Mormon Church.
(7) In the buildup to the keynote address, the convention listened to a series of tributes from members of his Mormon church, former business colleagues and fellow politicians.
(8) Opponents of the pipeline say draining the desert of groundwater would destroy the livelihoods of the cattle ranchers, Native American tribes, and Mormon enterprises that call this expanse home, and reduce a vast swath of the state to a dust bowl.
(9) Active Mormons are healthier than Mormons as a whole and rank among the lowest in mortality when compared with other groups of healthy males.
(10) Mormons, who have the highest birth rates in the US, have unique childbearing attitudes and practices that should be understood by the health care practitioners who work with this population.
(11) On his own return to the BBC after the war, Chilton made notable programmes on such varied subjects as the General Strike, the Mormons, the American civil war and Demon Drink, detailing the perils of the gin palace in Victorian Britain.
(12) Holder’s announcement was welcomed by campaigners in Utah, a state dominated by the Mormon church, which opposes gay marriage.
(13) Reasons for the relative mortality advantage of Maori Mormons were therefore not clear, although attitudes to health and health services utilization, and the influence of strong social support networks, might be involved.
(14) He can't talk about his life as a Mormon, which, rightly or wrongly, seems weird to most Americans and he can't talk about Massachusetts because the two policies he is known for – legislation against assault weapons and universal health insurance – are anathema to the Republican party.
(15) Social conservatives, some of whom are distrustful of Romney's Mormon religion and his liberal past political views, are less important in the state than in Iowa.
(16) The remaining life expectancy for active Mormon men at age 35 is about 44 years, over 7 years greater than for U.S. white males.
(17) The Triple Package identifies eight groups that are particularly successful in the US at the moment – Indian, Chinese, Iranian, Lebanese, Nigerian and Cuban groups, along with Mormons and Jewish people.
(18) But he said the unauthorized recording and a “disruptive demonstration” by a group of non-Mormon adults who were there were “problematic”.
(19) Religiously active Mormons in California are a nonsmoking population with unusually low risk for cancer.
(20) Paradoxically, non-Maori Mormon mortality rates were similar to those for non-Mormons.