Book of Mormon

n. One of the sacred books of the Mormon Church, published in 1830 by Joseph Smith and considered by Mormons to be a historic record of the migration of ancient Israelites to the Americas and their eventual encounter there with Jesus after his resurrection.

Book of Mormon

n (Christian Churches, other) a sacred book of the Mormon Church, believed by Mormons to be a history of certain ancient peoples in America, written on golden tablets (now lost) and revealed by the prophet Mormon to Joseph Smith

Book′ of Mor′mon

n. a sacred book of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, believed by members of the church to be an abridgment by a prophet (Mormon) of a record of certain ancient peoples in America, written on golden plates, and discovered and translated (1827–30) by Joseph Smith.

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Book of Mormon - a sacred text revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon; supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith

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Book of Mormon

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

The Book of Mormon is Joseph Smith's translation of golden plates said to be shown him by the angel Moroni beginning on September 21, 1823, in Palmyra, New York. Covering the time from roughly 600 BCE to 421 CE, they tell the story of how God preserved a people in the Americas who would reveal God's plan during the latter days of earthly life.

Mormons read the Book of Mormon along with the Bible, calling it another testament of Jesus Christ.

Book of Mormon

supplementary bible of the Latter-Day Saints. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 455]See: Writings, Sacred