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Mormons are people who are members of a religious group that is part of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement.
Mormon may also refer to:
Religion
- Mormon (word), a follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement
- Mormonism, the religion practiced by Mormons
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as the “Mormon Church”, the largest and most prominent branch of the Latter Day Saint movement
- Latter Day Saint movement, a group of faiths, under the theology of Mormonism, tracing their origin to Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Mormon studies, the academic discipline involving scholarship about Mormons
- Mormon fundamentalism, a branch of Mormonism that practices polygamy
- Jack Mormon, slang for an unbaptized Mormon sympathizer or a Mormon member who is not fully devout
Literature
- Book of Mormon, one of the sacred books within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and other "mormon-based" religious sects.
- Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet), a prophet and narrator figure within the Book of Mormon; the original meaning of the term “Mormon”
- Waters of Mormon, fountain of "pure water" where Alma the Elder preaches and baptizes in secret
- Book of Mormon (Mormon's record), one of several "books" within the Book of Mormon
- Words of Mormon, another “book” within the Book of Mormon
Places
- Mormon, California, an unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California, US
Arts and entertainment
- The Mormons (miniseries), a 2007 PBS documentary about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Butterflies
- "Mormon" is part of the common name of several butterflies in the genus Papilio, in particular:
- Andaman Mormon (Papilio mayo) found in the Adamans
- Great Mormon (Papilio memnon), endemic to Indochina and Japan
- Blue Mormon (Papilio polymnestor), endemic to parts of India
- Common Mormon (Papilio polytes), endemic to India, the Himalayas, parts of China, and Indochina
- Scarlet Mormon (Papilio rumanzovia), endemic to the Philippines and Celebes
Other uses
- Anabrus simplex, the Mormon cricket
- Sphenophorus mormon, a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae
- Mopsus mormon is an Australian spider species of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders)
- inflected form of Mormo (Greek: Μορμώ, Μορμών, Mormō), a female spirit in Greek folklore
See also
- List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement
- Moerman (disambiguation)
- Moorman (disambiguation) (also shows entries for “Moormann”)
- Morman
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