Mormonistn.
/ˈmɔːmənɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɔrmənəst/ Now rare.
= Mormon n. 1.
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1833 J. E. Alexander Transatlantic Sketches II. vi. 129 The Mormonists gave rise to a good deal of conversation in the West last year.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. v. 181 I should like to try the experiment on a Mormonist or two to begin with.
1846 W. F. Hook Church Dict. 637 These Mormonists, now existing, and even, it is to be feared, increasing, among us, are..even more absurd.
1885 Allegany County (N.Y.) Republican 15 May 1/7 Colorado has got beyond the grip of the Mormonists.
1918 G. L. Morrill On Warpath 216 Here [sc. in the Temple] the Mormons are ‘sealed’, and it is sealed shut to all other religionists, as well as to bad Mormonists.
1937 B. K. Sarkar Creative India v. 512 There were..the Mormonists, the Greek Church Christians, the Syrians, the Armenians and so forth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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