| 单词 | jack mormon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack Mormon Jack Mormon n. U.S. (a) derogatory a non-Mormon who supports, defends, or sympathizes with Mormons (now historical); (b) a Mormon who does not (any longer) adhere rigidly to the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; a nominal or lapsed Mormon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Mormonism > [noun] > person > not > but sympathetic Jack Mormon1844 1844 T. Ford Let. 23 Dec. in Jrnl. Senate Illinois 96 The county contained a goodly number of inhabitants in favor of peace... These were stigmatised by the name of ‘Jack Mormons’. 1904 W. T. Washburn First Stone & Other Stories 107 Her father is in ‘pen’, so he cannot come—in his place a worthy friend of the family, a Jack-Mormon. 1956 J. Miller Arizona: State Guide (rev. ed.) 155 He was a pretty good Mormon, always paid his tithes-—only he had to have his coffee so some called him a Jack Mormon. 1989 K. H. Winn Exiles in Land of Liberty x. 225 Church opponents began their crusade against Jack-Mormons. 2015 S. Nobel Forbidden Entry xxi. 274 ‘Mormons don't usually drink, do they?’ ‘Not devout ones, maybe Jack Mormons.’ < as lemmas |
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