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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.
Places
Arts and entertainment
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
Topics referred to by the same term