members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Christian religious movement founded in the United States in 1830.
From 'Mormon', the legendary prophet who Latter-day Saints believe wrote the Book of Mormon. The term comes from 'more' + 'mon' or possibly from Hebrew elements in the text.
The Book of Mormon—which is so central to Mormon identity—is supposed to be inscribed on golden plates that the founder Joseph Smith claims an angel showed him, but the original plates have never been examined by archaeologists or historians.
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