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  • noun dated Mormons collectively; Mormonism.

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Mormon +‎ -dom

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Examples

  • And to you in Mormondom which is like 99% of my readers: Do you ever question whether the general Relief Society, YW, and Primary presidencies should serve in their full-time capacities when they have children?

    Archive 2008-09-01 Laurie 2008

  • And to you in Mormondom which is like 99% of my readers: Do you ever question whether the general Relief Society, YW, and Primary presidencies should serve in their full-time capacities when they have children?

    Soapbox Laurie 2008

  • Following the advent of the telegraph came the railway; and the land of "Mormondom" was no longer isolated.

    The Story of "Mormonism" James Edward Talmage 1897

  • Ward member Mike Bennet is proud to represent a set of political opinions widely held throughout Mormondom, explaining that he takes the Republican view “on abortion, gay marriage—all of that,” and adds that he is “absolutely against a large welfare state.”

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • That he expressed the general feeling in our train was evidenced by the many women who leaned from the wagons, thrusting out gaunt forearms and shaking bony, labor-malformed fists at the last of Mormondom.

    Chapter 13 2010

  • Ironically, one of the few places in Mormondom where I still feel welcome is in the Mormon feminist blogspace.

    My Brief Sojourn Among Mormon Feminists | Mind on Fire 2008

  • This must be disappointing for all the Jane Austen fans in Mormondom eh?

    LDS Church warns Young Men against Interracial Marriage | Mind on Fire 2008

  • I have not heard anything to that effect from within the gates of Mormondom.

    A Ragtag Band. | Mind on Fire 2006

  • In my Pentecostal church I only mingled with the members of my congregagtion, but in Mormondom, I felt connected to Mormons worldwide—during General Conference especially.

    OC Pilgrimage, Station 08: Azusa Street. | Mind on Fire 2006

  • The affairs of Mormondom are directed by a cadre of elderly white males in dark suits who carry out their holy duties from a twenty-six-story office tower beside Temple Square.

    Excerpt: Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer 2003

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