Mormon means relating to the religion started by Joseph Smith in the United States.
...the Mormon church.
...a Mormon family.
Mormons are people who are Mormon.
Mormon in British English
(ˈmɔːmən)
noun
1.
a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2.
a prophet whose supposed revelations were recorded by Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon
adjective
3.
of or relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its members, ortheir beliefs
▶ USAGE The term Mormon is widely used outside the Church, but it is discouraged by the Church itself, whichprefers its members to be referred to as Latter-day Saints
Derived forms
Mormonism (ˈMormonism)
noun
Mormon in American English
(ˈmɔrmən)
US
noun
1.
a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormon Church), founded in the U.S. in 1830 by Joseph Smith: among its sacred books is the Book of Mormon, represented by Smith as his translation of an account of some ancient American peoples by a prophet among them named Mormon
adjective
2.
of the Mormons or their religion
Derived forms
Mormonism (ˈMormonˌism)
noun
Word origin
explained by Joseph smith as more mon, more good
Examples of 'Mormon' in a sentence
Mormon
These books, too, he thought, as he dug through the shelves in the Mormon Book Store.
Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)
To Joseph Smith, on a farm in Palmyra, New York; news of the Book of Mormon, revealed to him by an angel.
Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)
It was little wonder, given that she worked alongside a highly devout woman in a store stocked from floor to ceiling with Mormon literature.
Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)
Madison took off and the rest of the Mormon men went on missions.