Definition of Latter-day Saints in English:
Latter-day Saints
plural nounˌlatədeɪ ˈseɪntsˌlædərˌdeɪ ˈseɪnts
The Mormons' name for themselves.
Example sentencesExamples
- It happens that I have known more than my fair share of Latter-Day Saints, one of whom gave me the Book of Mormon to read.
- In most of these states, the Latter-Day Saints have been an important force as well.
- The influence of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints is all pervasive, from the restrictions on the sale of alcohol, tea, coffee and tobacco.
- Their contemporaries the Latter-Day Saints expected the harsh climate of the Great Basin to be gradually softened by God's favor.
- ‘At any given moment’, he claims, ‘the majority of Latter-Day Saints are first-generation converts’.
Definition of Latter-day Saints in US English:
Latter-day Saints
(also LDS)
plural nounˌlædərˌdeɪ ˈseɪntsˌladərˌdā ˈsānts
Another name for the Mormons.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their contemporaries the Latter-Day Saints expected the harsh climate of the Great Basin to be gradually softened by God's favor.
- The influence of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints is all pervasive, from the restrictions on the sale of alcohol, tea, coffee and tobacco.
- ‘At any given moment’, he claims, ‘the majority of Latter-Day Saints are first-generation converts’.
- In most of these states, the Latter-Day Saints have been an important force as well.
- It happens that I have known more than my fair share of Latter-Day Saints, one of whom gave me the Book of Mormon to read.