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==Source Word Lists== | ==Source Word Lists== | ||
| + | *[http://vozesmormons.com.br/2015/08/14/dicionario-de-mormones/ Dicionário de Mormonês] -- never searched | ||
*[http://mormondictionary.com/ Mormondictionary.com] -- never searched | *[http://mormondictionary.com/ Mormondictionary.com] -- never searched | ||
*[http://www.centerplace.org/library/bofm/bomdict/ Book of Mormon Dictionary] by Alvin Knisley (1945) -- RLDS -- never searched | *[http://www.centerplace.org/library/bofm/bomdict/ Book of Mormon Dictionary] by Alvin Knisley (1945) -- RLDS -- never searched | ||
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*[http://tilm.org/dictionary/ Dictionary of Mormonism] -- Evangelical Christian ministry's take -- never searched | *[http://tilm.org/dictionary/ Dictionary of Mormonism] -- Evangelical Christian ministry's take -- never searched | ||
*[http://newordermormon.org/Damu_Dict.html DAMU Dictionary] (post-Mormon) -- never searched | *[http://newordermormon.org/Damu_Dict.html DAMU Dictionary] (post-Mormon) -- never searched | ||
| − | *[http://mormonbasics.com/dictionary-of-mormon-words-and-phrases/#sthash.6LcCazdX.dpbs Dictionary of Mormon Words and Phrases] -- | + | *[http://mormonbasics.com/dictionary-of-mormon-words-and-phrases/#sthash.6LcCazdX.dpbs Dictionary of Mormon Words and Phrases] -- searched 23 March 2015 |
*[http://www.meetmormonmissionaries.org/mormon_dictionary/mormon_dictionary-ab Mormonspeak (Mormon Dictionary)] -- searched 23 March 2015 | *[http://www.meetmormonmissionaries.org/mormon_dictionary/mormon_dictionary-ab Mormonspeak (Mormon Dictionary)] -- searched 23 March 2015 | ||
*[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695246633/LDS-Church-terms-no-longer-in-use.html LDS Church terms no longer in use] (Deseret News Article) -- searched 22 March 2015 | *[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695246633/LDS-Church-terms-no-longer-in-use.html LDS Church terms no longer in use] (Deseret News Article) -- searched 22 March 2015 | ||
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*[http://www.mormonjargon.com/ Mormon Jargon] -- searched 18 March 2015 | *[http://www.mormonjargon.com/ Mormon Jargon] -- searched 18 March 2015 | ||
*[http://andreafaulknerwilliams.com/mormon-dictionary/ Mormon Dictionary] (Andrea Faulkner Williams) -- searched 18 March 2015 | *[http://andreafaulknerwilliams.com/mormon-dictionary/ Mormon Dictionary] (Andrea Faulkner Williams) -- searched 18 March 2015 | ||
| + | * Taylor, James S. "The Gospel in Spanish / El Evangelio en Español", 1993. | ||
== A == | == A == | ||
* [[Aaron]] | * [[Aaron]] | ||
| + | * [[Abinadi]] | ||
* [[Abomination]] | * [[Abomination]] | ||
* [[a.p.]] | * [[a.p.]] | ||
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* [[Abrahamic Dispensation]] | * [[Abrahamic Dispensation]] | ||
* [[Abstinence]] | * [[Abstinence]] | ||
| + | * [[Abundant Life]] | ||
* [[Abundantly]] | * [[Abundantly]] | ||
| + | * [[Accept]] the gospel | ||
| + | * [[Accompanist]] | ||
| + | * [[Accompany]] | ||
* [[Accountability]] | * [[Accountability]] | ||
| + | * [[Accountable]] | ||
* [[ACMI]] — The Arizona Co-operative Mercantile Institution, the title for a short-lived Arizona version of ZCMI. | * [[ACMI]] — The Arizona Co-operative Mercantile Institution, the title for a short-lived Arizona version of ZCMI. | ||
* [[Act]] | * [[Act]] | ||
| + | * [[activate]] | ||
| + | * [[activation program]] | ||
* [[active]] | * [[active]] | ||
* [[active in the Church]] | * [[active in the Church]] | ||
* [[active member]] | * [[active member]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[activities committee]] |
| + | * [[activity]] | ||
| + | * [[activity night]] | ||
* [[Adam-God Theory]] | * [[Adam-God Theory]] | ||
* [[Adam-ondi-Ahman]] | * [[Adam-ondi-Ahman]] | ||
* [[Adam]] | * [[Adam]] | ||
| + | * [[Adam's transgression]] | ||
* [[Adamic Dispensation]] | * [[Adamic Dispensation]] | ||
* [[Adamic language]] | * [[Adamic language]] | ||
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* [[addiction]] | * [[addiction]] | ||
* [[administer]] | * [[administer]] | ||
| + | * [[administer the sacrament]] | ||
| + | * [[administer to the sick]] | ||
* [[administer the church]] | * [[administer the church]] | ||
* [[Administration of angels]] | * [[Administration of angels]] | ||
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* [[Adopted]] | * [[Adopted]] | ||
* [[Adult]] | * [[Adult]] | ||
| + | * [[adult class]] | ||
* [[Adultery]] | * [[Adultery]] | ||
| + | * [[advancement in the priesthood]] | ||
* [[Advent]] | * [[Advent]] | ||
* [[Adversary]] | * [[Adversary]] | ||
| + | * [[adversity]] | ||
* [[Adversities]] | * [[Adversities]] | ||
| + | * [[advice]] | ||
| + | * [[adviser]] | ||
* [[Advocacy]] | * [[Advocacy]] | ||
* [[Advocate]] | * [[Advocate]] | ||
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* [[Age of Consent]] | * [[Age of Consent]] | ||
* [[agency]] (often called free agency) The granted right to choose good or evil, and the responsibility for the choices made. | * [[agency]] (often called free agency) The granted right to choose good or evil, and the responsibility for the choices made. | ||
| + | * [[agency of man]] | ||
| + | * [[agenda]] | ||
* [[Agent Bishop]] | * [[Agent Bishop]] | ||
* [[Agent Stake President]] | * [[Agent Stake President]] | ||
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* [[Ahman]] | * [[Ahman]] | ||
* [[Alcohol]] | * [[Alcohol]] | ||
| + | * [[All is well]] | ||
* [[All that the Lord has blessed you]] | * [[All that the Lord has blessed you]] | ||
| + | * [[All opposed]] | ||
* [[Alma]] | * [[Alma]] | ||
* [[Alpha and Omega]] | * [[Alpha and Omega]] | ||
* [[Altar]] | * [[Altar]] | ||
| + | * [[ambiguity]] | ||
* [[Amen]] | * [[Amen]] | ||
* [[America]] | * [[America]] | ||
| + | * [[amusement]] | ||
* [[Ancestor]] | * [[Ancestor]] | ||
* [[Ancestral File]](TM) A computerized system of genealogical information that links names of individuals into pedigrees, showing their ancestors and descendants. | * [[Ancestral File]](TM) A computerized system of genealogical information that links names of individuals into pedigrees, showing their ancestors and descendants. | ||
| + | * [[ancestry]] | ||
* [[Ancient Apostles]] | * [[Ancient Apostles]] | ||
* [[Ancient of Days]] A term used in Daniel 7:9, identified by revelation to Joseph Smith as Adam. | * [[Ancient of Days]] A term used in Daniel 7:9, identified by revelation to Joseph Smith as Adam. | ||
| + | * [[And it came to pass]] | ||
* [[angel]] | * [[angel]] | ||
* [[angel chaps]] -- slang for garments. | * [[angel chaps]] -- slang for garments. | ||
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* [[angels]] Literally, messengers; usually referring to messengers from God. | * [[angels]] Literally, messengers; usually referring to messengers from God. | ||
* [[announcements]] | * [[announcements]] | ||
| + | * [[annunciation]] | ||
* [[Anoint]] | * [[Anoint]] | ||
* [[Anointed One]] | * [[Anointed One]] | ||
* [[anointing]](s) The placing of a drop or two of consecrated olive oil on a person's head as part of a special blessing, under the direction of the Melchizedek Priesthood. | * [[anointing]](s) The placing of a drop or two of consecrated olive oil on a person's head as part of a special blessing, under the direction of the Melchizedek Priesthood. | ||
* [[answer]] | * [[answer]] | ||
| − | * [[Anti]] | + | * [[antemortal life]] |
| + | * [[Anti]] - n. person or document in opposition to the Church (i.e., anti-Mormon) | ||
| + | * [[Anti]] - v. to influence with anti-Mormon materials or ideas | ||
* [[Anti-Christ]] | * [[Anti-Christ]] | ||
* [[Anti-Mormon]] | * [[Anti-Mormon]] | ||
* [[Anti-Mormon Critic]] non-Mormon scientist, writer, historian, whose work undermines LDS doctrine. | * [[Anti-Mormon Critic]] non-Mormon scientist, writer, historian, whose work undermines LDS doctrine. | ||
* [[Anti-Mormon Publications]] | * [[Anti-Mormon Publications]] | ||
| + | * [[Anti-Nephi-Lehi]] | ||
* [[Antichrists]] | * [[Antichrists]] | ||
* [[Anxiously engaged]] | * [[Anxiously engaged]] | ||
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* [[Apostasy]] | * [[Apostasy]] | ||
* [[Apostate]] - (1) One who has repudiated Mormonism for whatever reason and in whatever fashion, whether or not his or her name remains on the church's rolls. The commonly repeatedly Mormon party line would have it that these are the most unhappy people on the face of the earth, but reasonable humans are likely to perceive this attitude as sour grapes. (2) slang for a missionary who doesn't obey the rules. | * [[Apostate]] - (1) One who has repudiated Mormonism for whatever reason and in whatever fashion, whether or not his or her name remains on the church's rolls. The commonly repeatedly Mormon party line would have it that these are the most unhappy people on the face of the earth, but reasonable humans are likely to perceive this attitude as sour grapes. (2) slang for a missionary who doesn't obey the rules. | ||
| + | * [[apostate group]] | ||
* [[Apostle]] - The second highest office in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and a special witness of Jesus Christ. Common Mormon belief holds that apostles know the resurrected Christ personally. Apostles are considered "prophets, seers and revelators," though only the ordained president of the Church holds all the keys necessary for administering the Kingdom of God on earth. See also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the. An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood; usually a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | * [[Apostle]] - The second highest office in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and a special witness of Jesus Christ. Common Mormon belief holds that apostles know the resurrected Christ personally. Apostles are considered "prophets, seers and revelators," though only the ordained president of the Church holds all the keys necessary for administering the Kingdom of God on earth. See also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the. An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood; usually a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | ||
* [[Apostles Creed]] | * [[Apostles Creed]] | ||
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* [[Apostolic Name]] -- version of a personal name that sounds like that of an apostle | * [[Apostolic Name]] -- version of a personal name that sounds like that of an apostle | ||
* [[Apostolic Succession]] | * [[Apostolic Succession]] | ||
| + | * [[appear]] | ||
* [[Appearance]] | * [[Appearance]] | ||
* [[Appearance of evil]] | * [[Appearance of evil]] | ||
* [[Appendages to the Priesthood]] | * [[Appendages to the Priesthood]] | ||
| + | * [[appoint]] | ||
| + | * [[appointment]] | ||
* [[Appropriate]] | * [[Appropriate]] | ||
* [[Appropriateness Police]] | * [[Appropriateness Police]] | ||
| + | * [[Apricot Tree]] | ||
* [[April 6]] | * [[April 6]] | ||
* [[APYW]] | * [[APYW]] | ||
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* [[Area]] - The usually relatively small geographical region to which two missionaries are assigned. - A geographical ecclesiastical unit of the Church consisting of several regions and presided over by a president, who is a General Authority. | * [[Area]] - The usually relatively small geographical region to which two missionaries are assigned. - A geographical ecclesiastical unit of the Church consisting of several regions and presided over by a president, who is a General Authority. | ||
* [[Area Authority Seventy]] | * [[Area Authority Seventy]] | ||
| + | * [[Area Conference]] | ||
* [[Area Presidency]] | * [[Area Presidency]] | ||
* [[Area president]] | * [[Area president]] | ||
| + | * [[Area Supervisor]] | ||
* [[Ark of Noah]] | * [[Ark of Noah]] | ||
* [[Armageddon]] | * [[Armageddon]] | ||
* [[Armies of Heaven]] | * [[Armies of Heaven]] | ||
| + | * [[armor of God]] | ||
* [[Army of Helaman]] | * [[Army of Helaman]] | ||
* [[Article of Faith]] | * [[Article of Faith]] | ||
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* [[Articles of Faith Card]] | * [[Articles of Faith Card]] | ||
* [[Article on Marriage]] | * [[Article on Marriage]] | ||
| + | * [[As a Lamb to the Slaughter]] | ||
| + | * [[As Sisters in Zion]] | ||
| + | * [[ascend]] | ||
* [[Ascension of Christ]] | * [[Ascension of Christ]] | ||
* [[Ashes]] | * [[Ashes]] | ||
* [[Ask and it shall be given you]] | * [[Ask and it shall be given you]] | ||
| + | * [[assemble]] | ||
* [[Assemblies]] - i.e., Solemn Assemblies | * [[Assemblies]] - i.e., Solemn Assemblies | ||
| + | * [[Assembly Hall]] | ||
* [[Assigned Administrative Office]] | * [[Assigned Administrative Office]] | ||
* [[Assignment]] | * [[Assignment]] | ||
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* [[Authority]] believe this was restored to Joseph Smith by having key Bible leaders appearing and ordaining Smith. Anyone ordained in the church receives a card tracing his priesthood back to Joseph Smith. Duly conferred priesthood power or delegated responsibility associated with position or function. | * [[Authority]] believe this was restored to Joseph Smith by having key Bible leaders appearing and ordaining Smith. Anyone ordained in the church receives a card tracing his priesthood back to Joseph Smith. Duly conferred priesthood power or delegated responsibility associated with position or function. | ||
* [[Authority of the Ministry]] | * [[Authority of the Ministry]] | ||
| + | * [[authorization]] | ||
| + | * [[authorize]] | ||
* [[Authorized]] | * [[Authorized]] | ||
* [[Authorized Version of the Bible]] | * [[Authorized Version of the Bible]] | ||
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* [[bear with me]] | * [[bear with me]] | ||
* [[Beard]] | * [[Beard]] | ||
| + | * [[Beard Card]] | ||
* [[Bearing a testimony]] | * [[Bearing a testimony]] | ||
* [[Bearing testimony]] | * [[Bearing testimony]] | ||
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*[[b.o.m.]] - Book of Mormon. | *[[b.o.m.]] - Book of Mormon. | ||
*[[BOM]]:* Book of Mormon. | *[[BOM]]:* Book of Mormon. | ||
| + | *[[BonCom]] -- Bonneville Communications | ||
*[[Bone]] | *[[Bone]] | ||
*[[Bonneville Communications]] | *[[Bonneville Communications]] | ||
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* [[born of goodly parents]] | * [[born of goodly parents]] | ||
* [[bosom]] | * [[bosom]] | ||
| + | * [[bosom burning]] | ||
* [[BP]] - Branch President | * [[BP]] - Branch President | ||
* [[Branch]] - In areas where members are quite spread out, the Church will sometimes have units smaller than a ward. These are called "Branches". | * [[Branch]] - In areas where members are quite spread out, the Church will sometimes have units smaller than a ward. These are called "Branches". | ||
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* [[Brighamite]]:* A follower of Brigham Young in the schism following Joseph Smith's death. | * [[Brighamite]]:* A follower of Brigham Young in the schism following Joseph Smith's death. | ||
* [[Bright]] | * [[Bright]] | ||
| + | * [[Bring 'em Young]] | ||
* [[Bring forth]] | * [[Bring forth]] | ||
* [[broken heart]] | * [[broken heart]] | ||
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* [[card-carrying Mormon]] | * [[card-carrying Mormon]] | ||
* [[CDC]] -- Church Disciplinary Council | * [[CDC]] -- Church Disciplinary Council | ||
| − | * [[CDOL]] - Church | + | * [[CDOL]] - Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders |
* [[Celestial]] | * [[Celestial]] | ||
| + | * [[Celestial Consequences]] | ||
* [[Celestial Kingdom]]* The highest of three degrees of glory in the kingdom of heaven. | * [[Celestial Kingdom]]* The highest of three degrees of glory in the kingdom of heaven. | ||
* [[Celestial marriage]] | * [[Celestial marriage]] | ||
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* [[Chapel]]: * is the building the branch or ward meets in every week. The room or hall in a Church meetinghouse used for worship services. | * [[Chapel]]: * is the building the branch or ward meets in every week. The room or hall in a Church meetinghouse used for worship services. | ||
* [[Chapel cleaning]] | * [[Chapel cleaning]] | ||
| + | * [[Chapel Mormon]] | ||
* [[Chapel Mormonism]] | * [[Chapel Mormonism]] | ||
* [[Chaplains]] | * [[Chaplains]] | ||
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* [[Church College]] -- of Hawaii, of New Zealand | * [[Church College]] -- of Hawaii, of New Zealand | ||
* [[Church Court]] | * [[Church Court]] | ||
| + | * [[Church Discipline]] | ||
| + | * [[Church Disciplinary Council]] | ||
* [[Church Educational System]] | * [[Church Educational System]] | ||
* [[Church Handbook of Instructions]] - A "Policy and Procedures" manual for the Church leadership. This replaced the old "General Handbook of Instructions". | * [[Church Handbook of Instructions]] - A "Policy and Procedures" manual for the Church leadership. This replaced the old "General Handbook of Instructions". | ||
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* [[Church Service Mission]] | * [[Church Service Mission]] | ||
* [[Church Service Missionary]] | * [[Church Service Missionary]] | ||
| + | * [[Church Standards]] | ||
* [[Church-broken]] - broken in to Church customs? (see [http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2010/11/mormon-identity-men-and-women-in-the-church/]) | * [[Church-broken]] - broken in to Church customs? (see [http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2010/11/mormon-identity-men-and-women-in-the-church/]) | ||
* [[circle of friends]] | * [[circle of friends]] | ||
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* [[Colorado City]] | * [[Colorado City]] | ||
* [[combination]] | * [[combination]] | ||
| + | * [[Come Come Ye Saints]] | ||
* [[comfort]] | * [[comfort]] | ||
* [[comfort those in need of comfort]] | * [[comfort those in need of comfort]] | ||
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* [[contrite]] | * [[contrite]] | ||
* [[contrite spirit]] | * [[contrite spirit]] | ||
| + | * [[conventional ward]] | ||
* [[Conversion]] | * [[Conversion]] | ||
* [[Convert]] (noun) A person who has chosen to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by being baptized and confirmed. | * [[Convert]] (noun) A person who has chosen to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by being baptized and confirmed. | ||
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* [[councilor]] | * [[councilor]] | ||
* [[counsel]] | * [[counsel]] | ||
| − | * [[Counselor]]: A person called to serve as an adviser, assistant, and occasional substitute for an officer or leader in the Church. | + | * [[Counselor]]: A person called to serve as an adviser, assistant, and occasional substitute for an officer or leader in the Church. (see [http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2017/05/22/response-to-the-first-and-second-poll/ Response to the “First and Second” Poll] for First v. Second & their meaning) |
* [[Couple Missionaries]] | * [[Couple Missionaries]] | ||
* [[court (Church)]]* A term formerly used to mean a Church disciplinary council. | * [[court (Church)]]* A term formerly used to mean a Church disciplinary council. | ||
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* [[Covenant Israel]], Latter-Day | * [[Covenant Israel]], Latter-Day | ||
* [[covenant path]] | * [[covenant path]] | ||
| + | * [[cradle mormon]] | ||
| + | * [[cradle roll class]] -- Sunbeams (3 year olds) class in 1935 -- see [http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2017/04/17/cradle-roll-1935/ Cradle Roll, 1935] | ||
* [[create]] | * [[create]] | ||
* [[Creation]] | * [[Creation]] | ||
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* [[curelom]] - According to the Book of Mormon, a "more especially useful" beast living, along with cumoms and elephants, in ancient America. No one knows for certain what a curelom or cumom looked like, but apologists have speculated that they may have been mammoths or mastodons, and that Joseph Smith knew no English word to use as translations from the Reformed Egyptian. | * [[curelom]] - According to the Book of Mormon, a "more especially useful" beast living, along with cumoms and elephants, in ancient America. No one knows for certain what a curelom or cumom looked like, but apologists have speculated that they may have been mammoths or mastodons, and that Joseph Smith knew no English word to use as translations from the Reformed Egyptian. | ||
* [[curious workmanship]] | * [[curious workmanship]] | ||
| + | * [[cut without hands]] | ||
* [[Cymorgs]] | * [[Cymorgs]] | ||
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* [[Deseret Alphabet]] | * [[Deseret Alphabet]] | ||
* [[Deseret Book]] | * [[Deseret Book]] | ||
| + | * [[Deseret Club]] -- club for LDS students at higher educational institutions. | ||
* [[Deseret Industries]] | * [[Deseret Industries]] | ||
* [[Deseret Management]] | * [[Deseret Management]] | ||
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* [[dixie]] | * [[dixie]] | ||
* [[DL]] - District Leader | * [[DL]] - District Leader | ||
| + | * [[do it]] | ||
* [[doctrine]] | * [[doctrine]] | ||
* [[Doctrine and Covenants]]:* A volume of Latter-day Saint scripture containing selected revelations given to Joseph Smith and his successors in the presidency of the Church. A collection of revelations received primarily by Joseph Smith, though other latter-day prophets are also represented. One of the four canonized works of Mormon scripture. Often shortened to D & C | * [[Doctrine and Covenants]]:* A volume of Latter-day Saint scripture containing selected revelations given to Joseph Smith and his successors in the presidency of the Church. A collection of revelations received primarily by Joseph Smith, though other latter-day prophets are also represented. One of the four canonized works of Mormon scripture. Often shortened to D & C | ||
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* [[double-digit midget]] - Mission slang for a missionary with less than a hundred days of service remaining. | * [[double-digit midget]] - Mission slang for a missionary with less than a hundred days of service remaining. | ||
* [[doubt]] | * [[doubt]] | ||
| + | * [[doubt your doubts]] | ||
* [[Dove, Sign of the]] | * [[Dove, Sign of the]] | ||
* [[dream]] | * [[dream]] | ||
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* [[Endowment]]* Ordinances of instruction and covenant performed by and for individuals in temples. | * [[Endowment]]* Ordinances of instruction and covenant performed by and for individuals in temples. | ||
* [[Endure]] | * [[Endure]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Endure to the End]]* The doctrine that converted individuals must continue to show their faith through good works till the end of mortal life. |
* [[Enemy]] | * [[Enemy]] | ||
* [[engage]] | * [[engage]] | ||
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* [[experience]] | * [[experience]] | ||
* [[extermination order]] | * [[extermination order]] | ||
| + | * [[eyes of your understanding]] | ||
== F == | == F == | ||
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* [[Firesides]]* Informal gatherings of Church members and friends, often in homes and usually on Sundays, that feature a speaker or program of a spiritual theme. Occasionally Churchwide firesides are held under the direction of the First Presidency. An evening Church service in which a touchie-feelie speaker addresses a group of Latter-day Saints on a gospel-related topic. The earliest firesides were held in people's homes -- thus the name -- and while some still are, the term has broadened to include any evening address, whether it be in a family room or in a chapel or via satellite from Salt Lake City. | * [[Firesides]]* Informal gatherings of Church members and friends, often in homes and usually on Sundays, that feature a speaker or program of a spiritual theme. Occasionally Churchwide firesides are held under the direction of the First Presidency. An evening Church service in which a touchie-feelie speaker addresses a group of Latter-day Saints on a gospel-related topic. The earliest firesides were held in people's homes -- thus the name -- and while some still are, the term has broadened to include any evening address, whether it be in a family room or in a chapel or via satellite from Salt Lake City. | ||
* [[firm]] | * [[firm]] | ||
| + | * [[Firm Foundation]] | ||
* [[First Contact]]:* The first meeting when the missionaries meet their investigator. | * [[First Contact]]:* The first meeting when the missionaries meet their investigator. | ||
* [[First Counselor]] - In the Mormon ecclesiastical hierarchy, the first of usually two assistants called to aid a bishop, a stake president, etc., in the administration of his assigned jurisdiction, i.e., ward, stake, and so forth. See also bishopric, First Presidency, stake presidency. | * [[First Counselor]] - In the Mormon ecclesiastical hierarchy, the first of usually two assistants called to aid a bishop, a stake president, etc., in the administration of his assigned jurisdiction, i.e., ward, stake, and so forth. See also bishopric, First Presidency, stake presidency. | ||
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* [[FKAM]] -- Formerly Known as Mormon | * [[FKAM]] -- Formerly Known as Mormon | ||
* [[FLDS]] | * [[FLDS]] | ||
| + | * [[Flaming Sword]] | ||
* [[flesh]] | * [[flesh]] | ||
* [[flesh and bone]] | * [[flesh and bone]] | ||
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* [[FM Group]] - Facilities Management Group | * [[FM Group]] - Facilities Management Group | ||
* [[follow]] | * [[follow]] | ||
| + | * [[Follow the Brethren]]* Heeding the counsel of local and general leaders of the Church. | ||
| + | * [[Follow the Prophet]] | ||
* [[following]] | * [[following]] | ||
| − | |||
* [[FoMo]]:* Formerly Mormon. | * [[FoMo]]:* Formerly Mormon. | ||
* [[font]] | * [[font]] | ||
* [[Food Storage]] - Organic substances which promote good health among the brethren, not by consumption, but through a rigorous weightlifting program. A supply of food necessary to sustain life for a year. Church leaders encourage members, where possible, to store food, clothing, fuel, and other items in preparation for emergencies. | * [[Food Storage]] - Organic substances which promote good health among the brethren, not by consumption, but through a rigorous weightlifting program. A supply of food necessary to sustain life for a year. Church leaders encourage members, where possible, to store food, clothing, fuel, and other items in preparation for emergencies. | ||
| + | * [[for the strength of the hills]] | ||
* [[For time]] | * [[For time]] | ||
* [[For time and all eternity]] | * [[For time and all eternity]] | ||
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* [[Free Agency]] - The L.D.S. belief in every person's absolute right to choose his or her own beliefs and actions. | * [[Free Agency]] - The L.D.S. belief in every person's absolute right to choose his or her own beliefs and actions. | ||
* [[Freedom]] | * [[Freedom]] | ||
| + | * [[fresh courage take]] | ||
* [[Frick]] or [[Frickin']]:* A word used by contemporary mormons as a surrogate for the f word. | * [[Frick]] or [[Frickin']]:* A word used by contemporary mormons as a surrogate for the f word. | ||
| + | * [[Friday Nighters]] -- Ogden-based post-WWII Singles program | ||
* [[Friend]], The* Since 1971, the Church periodical for children. | * [[Friend]], The* Since 1971, the Church periodical for children. | ||
* [[friendship]] | * [[friendship]] | ||
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*[[give]] | *[[give]] | ||
*[[give a talk]] | *[[give a talk]] | ||
| + | *[[give said the little stream]] | ||
*[[Gleaners]] -- Young women department in the church's MIA program, for ages 17-23, that began in 1921. | *[[Gleaners]] -- Young women department in the church's MIA program, for ages 17-23, that began in 1921. | ||
*[[glorified]] | *[[glorified]] | ||
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*[[glory]] | *[[glory]] | ||
*[[glory of God is intelligence]] | *[[glory of God is intelligence]] | ||
| + | *[[go and do]] | ||
*[[goal]] | *[[goal]] | ||
*[[God the Father]] | *[[God the Father]] | ||
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== H == | == H == | ||
*[[Habit]] | *[[Habit]] | ||
| + | *[[Hagoth]] | ||
*[[hand of fellowship]] | *[[hand of fellowship]] | ||
| + | *[[hand of god]] | ||
*[[Handbook]] | *[[Handbook]] | ||
*[[Handcart]] | *[[Handcart]] | ||
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*[[Hear]] - as in let them that have ears hear. | *[[Hear]] - as in let them that have ears hear. | ||
*[[Heart]] | *[[Heart]] | ||
| + | *[[Heart, Might, Mind and Strength]] | ||
*[[Heaven]]* (1) The dwelling place of God; (2) any kingdom of glory. | *[[Heaven]]* (1) The dwelling place of God; (2) any kingdom of glory. | ||
*[[Heavenly Father]] | *[[Heavenly Father]] | ||
*[[Heavenly Mother]] | *[[Heavenly Mother]] | ||
| + | *[[heavy petting]] | ||
*[[Heck]]:* Mormons avoid saying "Hell" | *[[Heck]]:* Mormons avoid saying "Hell" | ||
*[[Heirs]] | *[[Heirs]] | ||
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*[[High Council Speaker]] | *[[High Council Speaker]] | ||
*[[High councilor]] | *[[High councilor]] | ||
| + | *[[high on a mountain top]] | ||
*[[High Priest]]:* worthy adult male leaders who have proven worthy elders. They "administer" ward and stake leadership as a bishops, high counselors, or stake presidencies. - An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood. | *[[High Priest]]:* worthy adult male leaders who have proven worthy elders. They "administer" ward and stake leadership as a bishops, high counselors, or stake presidencies. - An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood. | ||
*[[High Priest Group]] | *[[High Priest Group]] | ||
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*[[Home Teachers]] - The men in the ward are paired up and asked to visit usually three to four families each month. They are supposed to talk with the families, and give a lesson. Home teachers are supposed to provide extra support for those families, be aware of their needs and help in any way they can. - Generally a Priesthood Leaders assign a home teacher (male) to every family in a ward, and the Relief Society President assigns a Visiting teacher (female) to each family in the ward that has an adult female in residence. These people visit once a month, and bring a spiritual message, and help out with problems. (For example they've been known to help families move, assist the sick, etc.) | *[[Home Teachers]] - The men in the ward are paired up and asked to visit usually three to four families each month. They are supposed to talk with the families, and give a lesson. Home teachers are supposed to provide extra support for those families, be aware of their needs and help in any way they can. - Generally a Priesthood Leaders assign a home teacher (male) to every family in a ward, and the Relief Society President assigns a Visiting teacher (female) to each family in the ward that has an adult female in residence. These people visit once a month, and bring a spiritual message, and help out with problems. (For example they've been known to help families move, assist the sick, etc.) | ||
*[[Home Teaching]] A Church program in which priesthood holders regularly visit assigned homes of members. | *[[Home Teaching]] A Church program in which priesthood holders regularly visit assigned homes of members. | ||
| + | *[[home teaching room]] -- the room in the home where home teachers are received (i.e., living room??) | ||
*[[homemaking]] One of three areas of emphasis in the Relief Society of the Church. | *[[homemaking]] One of three areas of emphasis in the Relief Society of the Church. | ||
*[[honeybee]] | *[[honeybee]] | ||
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*[[Hosanna Shout]] | *[[Hosanna Shout]] | ||
*[[Hot drinks]]: * (Word of Wisdom) Including iced tea and coffee, but not hot soup or hot chocolate. | *[[Hot drinks]]: * (Word of Wisdom) Including iced tea and coffee, but not hot soup or hot chocolate. | ||
| + | *[[How Firm a Foundation]] | ||
*[[HP]] - High Priest | *[[HP]] - High Priest | ||
*[[House of Israel]] | *[[House of Israel]] | ||
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*[[I AM]] | *[[I AM]] | ||
*[[I know the Church is true]] | *[[I know the Church is true]] | ||
| + | *[[I need thee every hour]] | ||
| + | *[[I Testify]] | ||
| + | *[[I'd Be Remiss]] | ||
*[[Immaculate Conception]] | *[[Immaculate Conception]] | ||
*[[Immersion]] | *[[Immersion]] | ||
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*[[Improvement Era]], The* An official publication of the Church, 1897-1970. | *[[Improvement Era]], The* An official publication of the Church, 1897-1970. | ||
*[[In the Name of]] | *[[In the Name of]] | ||
| + | *[[In the twinkling of an eye]] | ||
| + | *[[In Times of Famine]] | ||
*[[Inactive]] | *[[Inactive]] | ||
*[[Inactive Mormon]] | *[[Inactive Mormon]] | ||
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*[[Israel]]* (1) Members of the Church; (2) the Old Testament patriarch Jacob and his descendants. | *[[Israel]]* (1) Members of the Church; (2) the Old Testament patriarch Jacob and his descendants. | ||
*[[Israelite]] | *[[Israelite]] | ||
| + | *[[It came to pass]] | ||
*[[IV]] - Inspired Version | *[[IV]] - Inspired Version | ||
*[[Ivory Tower]] -- Church Office Building (former Mormon slang) | *[[Ivory Tower]] -- Church Office Building (former Mormon slang) | ||
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*[[Jesus Jammies]] - slang term for garments. | *[[Jesus Jammies]] - slang term for garments. | ||
*[[Jesus police]] | *[[Jesus police]] | ||
| + | *[[Jesus wants me for a sunbeam]] | ||
*[[Jets]] -- slang term for garments. | *[[Jets]] -- slang term for garments. | ||
*[[Jew]] | *[[Jew]] | ||
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*[[John]] | *[[John]] | ||
*[[John the Baptist]] | *[[John the Baptist]] | ||
| − | |||
*[[Johnny Lingo]] | *[[Johnny Lingo]] | ||
| + | *[[Johnny Mormon]]:* Gentile term meaning a typical Mormon. The male version of Molly Mormon cf similar forms like John Doe, Johnny Reb, etc. | ||
*[[Johnston's Army]] | *[[Johnston's Army]] | ||
*[[Join]] | *[[Join]] | ||
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*[[Junior companion]] | *[[Junior companion]] | ||
*[[Junior Sunday School]] — A standard church program for about 50 years, starting in 1933. | *[[Junior Sunday School]] — A standard church program for about 50 years, starting in 1933. | ||
| + | *[[Just Do It]] | ||
*[[Justice]] | *[[Justice]] | ||
*[[Justification]] | *[[Justification]] | ||
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* [[keystone]] | * [[keystone]] | ||
* [[Kicker]] - Washington Spokane Mission slang for a lazy missionary who habitually breaks the rules. This may be derived from the New Testament passage in which the Lord appears to Saul on the road to Damascus and says, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (Acts 9:5). Then again, perhaps it's derived from the simple phrase "to kick back," meaning "to relax." Beats me. See also bucket. | * [[Kicker]] - Washington Spokane Mission slang for a lazy missionary who habitually breaks the rules. This may be derived from the New Testament passage in which the Lord appears to Saul on the road to Damascus and says, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (Acts 9:5). Then again, perhaps it's derived from the simple phrase "to kick back," meaning "to relax." Beats me. See also bucket. | ||
| + | * [[Kinderhook plates]] | ||
| + | * [[King Benjamin]] | ||
* [[King Follett Discourse]] | * [[King Follett Discourse]] | ||
* [[King James Version]] | * [[King James Version]] | ||
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== L == | == L == | ||
* [[L.D.S.]] - See Latter-Day Saint. | * [[L.D.S.]] - See Latter-Day Saint. | ||
| + | * [[Laban]] | ||
* [[Lady missionary]] | * [[Lady missionary]] | ||
| + | * [[Laman and Lemuel]] | ||
* [[Lamanites]]* (1) An Israelite people in the Book of Mormon, descendants of Joseph of Egypt through Lehi and Ishmael; (2) today, many American Indians. | * [[Lamanites]]* (1) An Israelite people in the Book of Mormon, descendants of Joseph of Egypt through Lehi and Ishmael; (2) today, many American Indians. | ||
* [[Lamb of God]] | * [[Lamb of God]] | ||
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* [[latter-day]] | * [[latter-day]] | ||
* [[Latter-Day Saint]] - Member of the Mormon Church. Taken from the Church's official moniker. Used in abbreviation as an adjectivial reference to things Mormon; See also Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The, saint. | * [[Latter-Day Saint]] - Member of the Mormon Church. Taken from the Church's official moniker. Used in abbreviation as an adjectivial reference to things Mormon; See also Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The, saint. | ||
| + | * [[Latter-day Saint Student Association]], social organization for LDS college students | ||
* [[Latter-days]] | * [[Latter-days]] | ||
* [[law]] | * [[law]] | ||
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* [[LDS Family Services]] | * [[LDS Family Services]] | ||
* [[LDS Inc.]] | * [[LDS Inc.]] | ||
| + | * [[LDSSA]] -- [[Latter-day Saint Student Association]], social organization for LDS college students | ||
* [[LDS Scriptures]] | * [[LDS Scriptures]] | ||
* [[ldsconf]] - hashtag used on Twitter to identify tweets about the LDS Church's General Conference. | * [[ldsconf]] - hashtag used on Twitter to identify tweets about the LDS Church's General Conference. | ||
* [[lead]] | * [[lead]] | ||
* [[Lead the Music]] | * [[Lead the Music]] | ||
| + | * [[lead kindly light]] | ||
* [[leader]] | * [[leader]] | ||
* [[leader roulette]] -- the tendency of leaders to make different decisions in similar circumstances. | * [[leader roulette]] -- the tendency of leaders to make different decisions in similar circumstances. | ||
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* [[Life]] | * [[Life]] | ||
* [[Life and Death, Spiritual]] | * [[Life and Death, Spiritual]] | ||
| + | * [[Lift Where You Stand]] | ||
* [[Light]] | * [[Light]] | ||
* [[Light and Darkness]] | * [[Light and Darkness]] | ||
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* [[Light-Mindedness]] | * [[Light-Mindedness]] | ||
* [[Lihomas]] -- name given to the older girls primary classes (covering ages 9 to 11) from 1940 until the 1970s. Lihoma is a contraction from 'Little Home Makers.' | * [[Lihomas]] -- name given to the older girls primary classes (covering ages 9 to 11) from 1940 until the 1970s. Lihoma is a contraction from 'Little Home Makers.' | ||
| + | * [[like unto us]] | ||
* [[Line of authority]] (1) A priesthood bearer's "priesthood lineage," that is, a sequential listing of ordinations tracing one's own priesthood authority through priesthood leaders to the apostles and Jesus Christ. | * [[Line of authority]] (1) A priesthood bearer's "priesthood lineage," that is, a sequential listing of ordinations tracing one's own priesthood authority through priesthood leaders to the apostles and Jesus Christ. | ||
* [[Lineage of Cain]] | * [[Lineage of Cain]] | ||
* [[Linger Longer]] | * [[Linger Longer]] | ||
| + | * [[little factory]] | ||
* [[Living Christ]], The | * [[Living Christ]], The | ||
* [[Living in the Latter-days]] | * [[Living in the Latter-days]] | ||
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* [[living water]] | * [[living water]] | ||
* [[loins]] | * [[loins]] | ||
| + | * [[lone and dreary world]] | ||
* [[Long suffering]] | * [[Long suffering]] | ||
* [[Lord]] | * [[Lord]] | ||
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* [[Loud Laughter]] | * [[Loud Laughter]] | ||
* [[Love]] | * [[Love]] | ||
| + | * [[Love at home]] | ||
* [[LTM]] - (obsolete) Language Training Mission (now the Missionary Training Center) | * [[LTM]] - (obsolete) Language Training Mission (now the Missionary Training Center) | ||
* [[LUBA]] - Local Unit Budget Allowance | * [[LUBA]] - Local Unit Budget Allowance | ||
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* [[M-Men]] — Young men department in the church's MIA program, for ages 17-23, that began in 1921. | * [[M-Men]] — Young men department in the church's MIA program, for ages 17-23, that began in 1921. | ||
* [[M.T.C.]] - See Missionary Training Center. | * [[M.T.C.]] - See Missionary Training Center. | ||
| + | * [[Made Manifest]] | ||
* [[magic underwear]] -- slang term for garments. | * [[magic underwear]] -- slang term for garments. | ||
* [[magnify]] | * [[magnify]] | ||
* [[Magnifying One's Calling]] or [[magnify your calling]] * Doing more than the minimum required. | * [[Magnifying One's Calling]] or [[magnify your calling]] * Doing more than the minimum required. | ||
| + | * [[Mahana]] | ||
* [[Mahonri Moriancumr]] | * [[Mahonri Moriancumr]] | ||
* [[Mainstreaming]] -- Church's acting in ways that seem more Christian | * [[Mainstreaming]] -- Church's acting in ways that seem more Christian | ||
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* [[Malachi]] | * [[Malachi]] | ||
* [[Man]] | * [[Man]] | ||
| + | * [[man is that he might have joy]] | ||
* [[Man of Holiness]] | * [[Man of Holiness]] | ||
* [[Man's Search for Happiness]] | * [[Man's Search for Happiness]] | ||
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* [[married for time and all eternity]] | * [[married for time and all eternity]] | ||
* [[married in the temple]] | * [[married in the temple]] | ||
| + | * [[married ward]] | ||
* [[Marriott Center]] | * [[Marriott Center]] | ||
* [[marrow]] | * [[marrow]] | ||
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* [[Mary]] | * [[Mary]] | ||
* [[master]], The | * [[master]], The | ||
| + | * [[mast M Men]] | ||
* [[master mahan]] | * [[master mahan]] | ||
* [[Materials center]] | * [[Materials center]] | ||
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* [[Michael]] The archangel, - identified in LDS teachings as Adam.* | * [[Michael]] The archangel, - identified in LDS teachings as Adam.* | ||
* [[Middle-way Mormon]] | * [[Middle-way Mormon]] | ||
| + | * [[Mid-Single Adults]] -- current term for single adults 31-45 | ||
| + | * [[Mid-Singles Branch]] | ||
| + | * [[Mid-Singles Ward]] | ||
* [[Mi-kan—wees]] — Starting in 1929, this was the name for 12- and 13-year-old girls. | * [[Mi-kan—wees]] — Starting in 1929, this was the name for 12- and 13-year-old girls. | ||
* [[Milk before Meat]] | * [[Milk before Meat]] | ||
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* [[Miracle of forgiveness]] | * [[Miracle of forgiveness]] | ||
* [[Miracles]] | * [[Miracles]] | ||
| + | * [[mired oxen]] | ||
* [[MIS]] - Membership Information System - Old DOS-based local unit membership software | * [[MIS]] - Membership Information System - Old DOS-based local unit membership software | ||
* [[Mishie]]:* Slang for Mormon Elder or Sister serving full time as a missionary. | * [[Mishie]]:* Slang for Mormon Elder or Sister serving full time as a missionary. | ||
| + | * [[Missing Pages]] | ||
* [[Mission]] - (1) The period of service, usually two years, in which a young man or woman gives up a real life in exchange for serving the Lord. (2) Also used to denote a single geographical region, administered by a mission president, in which missionaries are assigned to serve. | * [[Mission]] - (1) The period of service, usually two years, in which a young man or woman gives up a real life in exchange for serving the Lord. (2) Also used to denote a single geographical region, administered by a mission president, in which missionaries are assigned to serve. | ||
* [[Mission Call]] - The official notice a prospective missionary receives of where he will be assigned to labor. See also call, calling. | * [[Mission Call]] - The official notice a prospective missionary receives of where he will be assigned to labor. See also call, calling. | ||
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* [[Mormon Bible]]:* Gentile name for Book of Mormon, also called golden because of the plates. Can be found in some early sources about the religion. An old Western expression according to DAW is "to [[take a davy on the Mormon Bible]]", meaning to swear on something considered worthless or stupid, by non-Mormons. | * [[Mormon Bible]]:* Gentile name for Book of Mormon, also called golden because of the plates. Can be found in some early sources about the religion. An old Western expression according to DAW is "to [[take a davy on the Mormon Bible]]", meaning to swear on something considered worthless or stupid, by non-Mormons. | ||
* [[Mormon Blanket]]:* [RA] Patchwork quilt made of smaller scraps. | * [[Mormon Blanket]]:* [RA] Patchwork quilt made of smaller scraps. | ||
| − | * [[ Mormon-Brake]]:* [D.A.W] A log tied behind a cart to slow it down when going downhill. | + | * [[Mormon-Brake]]:* [D.A.W] A log tied behind a cart to slow it down when going downhill. |
* [[Mormon-Buckskin]]: [RA] Baling wire. | * [[Mormon-Buckskin]]: [RA] Baling wire. | ||
* [[Mormon-Buggy]]: [D.A.W] Light springed wagon with fringed top. | * [[Mormon-Buggy]]: [D.A.W] Light springed wagon with fringed top. | ||
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* [[Mormon Cricket]] | * [[Mormon Cricket]] | ||
* [[Mormon Culture]] | * [[Mormon Culture]] | ||
| − | * [[ Mormon-Derrick]]: [RA] Type of crane for lifting hay off carts. | + | * [[Mormon-Derrick]]: [RA] Type of crane for lifting hay off carts. |
* [[Mormon-Dip]]: [RA] Milk gravy. | * [[Mormon-Dip]]: [RA] Milk gravy. | ||
* [[Mormon-Dog]]: [DAW] Can with pebbles used as a rattle to control cattle when no dogs are available. | * [[Mormon-Dog]]: [DAW] Can with pebbles used as a rattle to control cattle when no dogs are available. | ||
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* [[Neighbor]]:* See "Friend." | * [[Neighbor]]:* See "Friend." | ||
* [[Nephi]] | * [[Nephi]] | ||
| + | * [[Nephi's Courage]] | ||
* [[Nephite]] | * [[Nephite]] | ||
* [[Nephites]] * The Book of Mormon teaches a family left Jerusalem prior to its destruction. Lehi was the father and Nephi was the faithful son after which a godly civilization that the Book of Mormon said spread over the continent of America. The ungodly son Laman for which another civilization of ungodly works was also spread far and wide. LDS scholars have no problem locating Lamanites because pre-Columbian pagans were in fact all pagan. The missing link in Mesoamerican archeology and history for the Mormons are the Nephites. No one has ever found a single scrap of evidence for them. | * [[Nephites]] * The Book of Mormon teaches a family left Jerusalem prior to its destruction. Lehi was the father and Nephi was the faithful son after which a godly civilization that the Book of Mormon said spread over the continent of America. The ungodly son Laman for which another civilization of ungodly works was also spread far and wide. LDS scholars have no problem locating Lamanites because pre-Columbian pagans were in fact all pagan. The missing link in Mesoamerican archeology and history for the Mormons are the Nephites. No one has ever found a single scrap of evidence for them. | ||
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* [[Nibleyism]]:* A made-up factoid which supports Mormonism. | * [[Nibleyism]]:* A made-up factoid which supports Mormonism. | ||
* [[NJT]] - abbreviation for Non-Jewish Tribe | * [[NJT]] - abbreviation for Non-Jewish Tribe | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[no other success]] |
| + | * [[no poor among them]] | ||
| + | * [[no toil or labor fear]] | ||
* [[Noah]] | * [[Noah]] | ||
* [[NoMo]]:* Never was a Mormon. | * [[NoMo]]:* Never was a Mormon. | ||
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*[[offering]] | *[[offering]] | ||
*[[office]] (1) A position of authority, duty, or trust in the Church organization; (2) an ordained calling or assignment to serve in the priesthood. | *[[office]] (1) A position of authority, duty, or trust in the Church organization; (2) an ordained calling or assignment to serve in the priesthood. | ||
| + | *[[office of the priesthood]] | ||
*[[Oh my heck]] - euphamism to avoid using the name of the Lord in vain | *[[Oh my heck]] - euphamism to avoid using the name of the Lord in vain | ||
*[[Oil]], Consecrated | *[[Oil]], Consecrated | ||
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*[[one-tenth]] | *[[one-tenth]] | ||
*[[one-third of the hosts of heaven]] | *[[one-third of the hosts of heaven]] | ||
| + | *[[one and only]] | ||
*[[One Eternal Round]] | *[[One Eternal Round]] | ||
*[[Only Begotten Son of God]] | *[[Only Begotten Son of God]] | ||
*[[only true]] | *[[only true]] | ||
| + | *[[open mic sunday]] -- fast and testimony meeting | ||
*[[open your mouth]] | *[[open your mouth]] | ||
*[[Opening Exercises]] | *[[Opening Exercises]] | ||
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*[[Pearl of Great Price]]* One of the standard works of the Church, containing the book of Moses, the book of Abraham, Joseph Smith-Matthew (a translation of Matthew 24), the Joseph Smith-History, and the Articles of Faith. | *[[Pearl of Great Price]]* One of the standard works of the Church, containing the book of Moses, the book of Abraham, Joseph Smith-Matthew (a translation of Matthew 24), the Joseph Smith-History, and the Articles of Faith. | ||
*[[Pearls]] | *[[Pearls]] | ||
| + | *[[Pearls before Swine]] | ||
*[[PEC]] - Priesthood Executive Committee. | *[[PEC]] - Priesthood Executive Committee. | ||
*[[peculiar]] | *[[peculiar]] | ||
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*[[Physical Facilities Representative]] | *[[Physical Facilities Representative]] | ||
*[[PI]] - Priesthood Interview | *[[PI]] - Priesthood Interview | ||
| + | *[[Pie and Beer Day]] -- Pioneer Day | ||
*[[pilot]] -- 6, 7 and 8-year-old primary classes, consisting of the 6-year-old CTR Pilots, 7-year-old Co-Pilots, and 8-year-old Top Pilots. | *[[pilot]] -- 6, 7 and 8-year-old primary classes, consisting of the 6-year-old CTR Pilots, 7-year-old Co-Pilots, and 8-year-old Top Pilots. | ||
*[[Pinewood Derby]] | *[[Pinewood Derby]] | ||
| + | *[[pink out]] -- my branch in the late ’60s / early ’70s put the notation “pink out” in the church directory for members who were away at school or in the service. Perhaps for missionaries, too. As a youngster, I thought that was kind of weird. Later, I surmised that it probably meant that the pink copy of the membership record had been sent to the person’s temporary unit. I don’t know if that was correct or not. | ||
*[[Pioneer Day]]* July 24, celebration of the anniversary of the arrival of the Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake Valley in 1847. | *[[Pioneer Day]]* July 24, celebration of the anniversary of the arrival of the Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake Valley in 1847. | ||
*[[pioneer stock]] | *[[pioneer stock]] | ||
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*[[place hands on]] | *[[place hands on]] | ||
*[[place under obligation]] | *[[place under obligation]] | ||
| + | *[[plain and precious]] | ||
*[[Plan]] | *[[Plan]] | ||
*[[Plan of Happiness]] | *[[Plan of Happiness]] | ||
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*[[PLT]] - Priesthood Leadership Travel | *[[PLT]] - Priesthood Leadership Travel | ||
*[[Plural Marriage]]* The doctrine that a man may be authorized by revelation from God through the living prophet to have more than one living wife. | *[[Plural Marriage]]* The doctrine that a man may be authorized by revelation from God through the living prophet to have more than one living wife. | ||
| + | *[[Plural Wife]] | ||
| + | *[[Plurality]] | ||
| + | *[[Plurality of Wives]] | ||
*[[Plyg]]:*: A term to denote a polygamist or the child of a polygamist. | *[[Plyg]]:*: A term to denote a polygamist or the child of a polygamist. | ||
*[[Pod]] -- slang for a Mormon who follows leaders blindly. | *[[Pod]] -- slang for a Mormon who follows leaders blindly. | ||
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*[[Pontius Pilate]] | *[[Pontius Pilate]] | ||
*[[PoP]] -- Perl of Great Price | *[[PoP]] -- Perl of Great Price | ||
| + | *[[Popcorn Popping]] | ||
*[[pornography]] | *[[pornography]] | ||
| + | *[[Porter Rockwell]] | ||
*[[Postearth Life]] | *[[Postearth Life]] | ||
*[[Posterity]] | *[[Posterity]] | ||
| + | *[[postlude]] | ||
*[[Postum]] - A drink made from barley and enjoyed by a good many Mormons. | *[[Postum]] - A drink made from barley and enjoyed by a good many Mormons. | ||
*[[potential]] | *[[potential]] | ||
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*[[power of the priesthood]] | *[[power of the priesthood]] | ||
*[[PPI]] - Personal Priesthood Interview | *[[PPI]] - Personal Priesthood Interview | ||
| + | *[[praise to the man]] | ||
*[[pray]] | *[[pray]] | ||
*[[pray and study]] | *[[pray and study]] | ||
| + | *[[pray for moisture]] | ||
*[[prayer]] | *[[prayer]] | ||
*[[Prayer Circle]] | *[[Prayer Circle]] | ||
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*[[Preparatory Redemption]] | *[[Preparatory Redemption]] | ||
*[[Prepare]] | *[[Prepare]] | ||
| + | *[[prepper]] -- person who is focused on emergency preparedness | ||
*[[presence]] | *[[presence]] | ||
*[[Preside]] (distinguish from "Conduct") | *[[Preside]] (distinguish from "Conduct") | ||
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*[[Presiding High Priest]] | *[[Presiding High Priest]] | ||
*[[pride]] | *[[pride]] | ||
| + | *[[pride cycle]] | ||
*[[Priest]]:* An office in the Aaronic Priesthood. - A youth group of worthy males between the age of 16 until they are ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood. These young men have been "ordained" into the Aaronic priesthood. You can see priests blessing the sacrament on Sundays at LDS church services. | *[[Priest]]:* An office in the Aaronic Priesthood. - A youth group of worthy males between the age of 16 until they are ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood. These young men have been "ordained" into the Aaronic priesthood. You can see priests blessing the sacrament on Sundays at LDS church services. | ||
*[[Priests Quorum]] | *[[Priests Quorum]] | ||
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*[[purse or scrip]] | *[[purse or scrip]] | ||
*[[put in papers]] | *[[put in papers]] | ||
| + | *[[put your shoulder to the wheel]] | ||
== Q == | == Q == | ||
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* [[Rainbows]] — A former name for 6-year-old Primary children. | * [[Rainbows]] — A former name for 6-year-old Primary children. | ||
* [[Raising the Bar]] | * [[Raising the Bar]] | ||
| + | * [[Rameumpton]] | ||
* [[Rat]] - A missionary who informs on rulebreakers, usually with the hope of advancement. (Usually with the reward of advancement, come to think of it.) Also used as a verb to indicate informing on another missionary in such a fashion. | * [[Rat]] - A missionary who informs on rulebreakers, usually with the hope of advancement. (Usually with the reward of advancement, come to think of it.) Also used as a verb to indicate informing on another missionary in such a fashion. | ||
* [[rc/la]] missionary slang for "recent convert/less active" -- statistic used in missionary reports | * [[rc/la]] missionary slang for "recent convert/less active" -- statistic used in missionary reports | ||
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* [[Roadshow]] A brief, original dramatic production, often presented at two or more locations within a stake. | * [[Roadshow]] A brief, original dramatic production, often presented at two or more locations within a stake. | ||
* [[rock]], the -- The missionaries’ nickname for the old Language Training Mission | * [[rock]], the -- The missionaries’ nickname for the old Language Training Mission | ||
| + | * [[rock in a hat]] | ||
* [[rocky mountain boxer shorts]] -- slang term for garments. | * [[rocky mountain boxer shorts]] -- slang term for garments. | ||
* [[rocky mountain surf shirt]] -- slang term for garments. | * [[rocky mountain surf shirt]] -- slang term for garments. | ||
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* [[Salvation of the Dead]], [[Salvation for the dead]] | * [[Salvation of the Dead]], [[Salvation for the dead]] | ||
* [[Salvation]]* Resurrection to a kingdom of glory; sometimes used to signify exaltation in the celestial kingdom. | * [[Salvation]]* Resurrection to a kingdom of glory; sometimes used to signify exaltation in the celestial kingdom. | ||
| + | * [[same ten people]] -- the relatively few members of a ward or branch who seem to volunteer to do everything. | ||
* [[Samuel the Lamanite]] | * [[Samuel the Lamanite]] | ||
* [[Sanctification]] | * [[Sanctification]] | ||
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* [[shed]] (blood) | * [[shed]] (blood) | ||
* [[sheep]] | * [[sheep]] | ||
| + | * [[shelf]] -- place where all doubts are accumulated until they can be resolved | ||
| + | * [[shelf collapse]] -- faith crisis, when the "shelf" collapses from the weight of accumulated doubts | ||
* [[Short Creek]]:* [DAW] - Or Arizona Strip, in the north of that state, now called "Colorado City" and founded by Mormon polygamists. | * [[Short Creek]]:* [DAW] - Or Arizona Strip, in the north of that state, now called "Colorado City" and founded by Mormon polygamists. | ||
* [[Sick]] | * [[Sick]] | ||
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* [[sinew]] | * [[sinew]] | ||
* [[Single Adults]]* Adult Church members who are not married. | * [[Single Adults]]* Adult Church members who are not married. | ||
| + | * [[Singles Committee]] | ||
* [[Singles Dances]] | * [[Singles Dances]] | ||
| + | * [[Singles Program]] | ||
* [[Singles Ward]] | * [[Singles Ward]] | ||
* [[sinless]] | * [[sinless]] | ||
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* [[Small and Simple Things]] | * [[Small and Simple Things]] | ||
* [[So-called intellectual]] | * [[So-called intellectual]] | ||
| + | * [[sociables]] -- Salt Lake City-based post-WWII single's program | ||
* [[Social Services]]* A separate corporation from the Church (called [[LDS Social Services]]) which serves as a resource for meeting special social and emotional needs of Church members. | * [[Social Services]]* A separate corporation from the Church (called [[LDS Social Services]]) which serves as a resource for meeting special social and emotional needs of Church members. | ||
* [[solemn]] | * [[solemn]] | ||
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* [[Son of Righteousness]] | * [[Son of Righteousness]] | ||
* [[Sonofabishop]] | * [[Sonofabishop]] | ||
| + | * [[Sons of Helaman]] | ||
* [[Sons of Perdition]]* Individuals who have sinned against the Holy Ghost and have thus committed the unpardonable sin. | * [[Sons of Perdition]]* Individuals who have sinned against the Holy Ghost and have thus committed the unpardonable sin. | ||
* [[Soul]]* The united spirit and body. All living things on earth are souls, meaning they consist of a spirit body and a physical body. | * [[Soul]]* The united spirit and body. All living things on earth are souls, meaning they consist of a spirit body and a physical body. | ||
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* [[Southern Virginia University]]:* [[SVU]] | * [[Southern Virginia University]]:* [[SVU]] | ||
* [[SP]] - Stake President | * [[SP]] - Stake President | ||
| + | * [[Spanish Ward]] | ||
* [[Spaulding theory]] | * [[Spaulding theory]] | ||
* [[Spaz]] = at BYU spaz, fruity, and fruitcake mean crazy and not gay. | * [[Spaz]] = at BYU spaz, fruity, and fruitcake mean crazy and not gay. | ||
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* [[Speaking in tongues]] | * [[Speaking in tongues]] | ||
* [[special]] | * [[special]] | ||
| − | * [[special interest]] | + | * [[special interest]] -- older singles program |
* [[special number]] | * [[special number]] | ||
* [[special spirit]] | * [[special spirit]] | ||
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* [[Spirit]] | * [[Spirit]] | ||
* [[Spirit]], The | * [[Spirit]], The | ||
| + | *[[Spirit Baby]] | ||
*[[Spirit Body]]* A being formed of refined element, with which a physical body of earthly element. unites to form a soul. Human spirits are literally children of God. | *[[Spirit Body]]* A being formed of refined element, with which a physical body of earthly element. unites to form a soul. Human spirits are literally children of God. | ||
*[[spirit child]] | *[[spirit child]] | ||
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*[[spiritual high]] | *[[spiritual high]] | ||
*[[spiritually]] | *[[spiritually]] | ||
| + | *[[spiritually fed]] | ||
*[[Split-off]] - When the two members of a companionship work temporarily with different companions -- either other missionaries or responsible priesthood holders. Sometimes a split-off is done so that a zone leader or district leader can help one of his charges improve his proselytizing skills. Sometimes it is done for sheer variety. Often shortened to splits. | *[[Split-off]] - When the two members of a companionship work temporarily with different companions -- either other missionaries or responsible priesthood holders. Sometimes a split-off is done so that a zone leader or district leader can help one of his charges improve his proselytizing skills. Sometimes it is done for sheer variety. Often shortened to splits. | ||
| − | * [[Splits]] - See split-off. | + | *[[Splits]] - See split-off. |
| + | *[[Spoken word]] | ||
* [[SS]]:* Sunday School. | * [[SS]]:* Sunday School. | ||
* [[Stake]]* A geographical-ecclesiastical unit of the Church, composed of several wards and sometimes branches. - A geographical and administrative unit of the L.D.S. Church consisting of usually six to ten wards, or from two to three thousand Saints. Administered by a stake president. From such scriptural passages as Isaiah 33:20: "Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken." - A stake is a collection of wards. Roughly equivalent to a Catholic diocese. (See Ward) | * [[Stake]]* A geographical-ecclesiastical unit of the Church, composed of several wards and sometimes branches. - A geographical and administrative unit of the L.D.S. Church consisting of usually six to ten wards, or from two to three thousand Saints. Administered by a stake president. From such scriptural passages as Isaiah 33:20: "Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken." - A stake is a collection of wards. Roughly equivalent to a Catholic diocese. (See Ward) | ||
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* [[Stakehouse]] - A larger-than-average Mormon meetinghouse which doubles as the headquarters of a stake. Big enough to accommodate the entire membership of the stake. Sometimes, and more properly, referred to as a stake center. | * [[Stakehouse]] - A larger-than-average Mormon meetinghouse which doubles as the headquarters of a stake. Big enough to accommodate the entire membership of the stake. Sometimes, and more properly, referred to as a stake center. | ||
* [[Stakes]] | * [[Stakes]] | ||
| + | * [[stand]] | ||
* [[Standard works]]* The canonized Latter-day Saint scriptures: Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. (The latter three, when bound under one cover, are often called the "Triple Combination.") | * [[Standard works]]* The canonized Latter-day Saint scriptures: Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. (The latter three, when bound under one cover, are often called the "Triple Combination.") | ||
* [[stand on (their) shoulders]] | * [[stand on (their) shoulders]] | ||
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* [[starstone]] | * [[starstone]] | ||
* [[Statistical Clerk]] | * [[Statistical Clerk]] | ||
| + | * [[stay in the boat]] | ||
* [[Stewardship]] | * [[Stewardship]] | ||
* [[Stick of Joseph]]* A biblical term having reference to the Book of Mormon, which is a record of a remnant of the posterity of Joseph who was sold into Egypt (Ezek. 37:15-19). | * [[Stick of Joseph]]* A biblical term having reference to the Book of Mormon, which is a record of a remnant of the posterity of Joseph who was sold into Egypt (Ezek. 37:15-19). | ||
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* [[stillborn]] -- missionary slang for a new missionary who is sent home before leaving his first area. | * [[stillborn]] -- missionary slang for a new missionary who is sent home before leaving his first area. | ||
* [[STMC]] - Strengthening the Members Committee | * [[STMC]] - Strengthening the Members Committee | ||
| + | * [[stone box]] | ||
* [[stormin' mormon]] | * [[stormin' mormon]] | ||
* [[straight is the gate]] | * [[straight is the gate]] | ||
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* [[strengthen]] | * [[strengthen]] | ||
* [[strengthened]] | * [[strengthened]] | ||
| + | * [[strengthening the members]] | ||
* [[strive]] | * [[strive]] | ||
| + | * [[stripling warrior]] | ||
| + | * [[student ward]] | ||
* [[Study]] | * [[Study]] | ||
* [[stupor of thought]] | * [[stupor of thought]] | ||
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* [[Tabernacle]], The (i.e., in Salt Lake City) | * [[Tabernacle]], The (i.e., in Salt Lake City) | ||
* [[Talk]] - In the LDS Church, members teach each other. “Giving a talk” refers to providing a lesson or instruction on a topic during one of the Sunday meetings, most often sacrament meeting. | * [[Talk]] - In the LDS Church, members teach each other. “Giving a talk” refers to providing a lesson or instruction on a topic during one of the Sunday meetings, most often sacrament meeting. | ||
| + | * [[Tar and Feather]] | ||
* [[Targeteers]] — A past nickname for 8-year-olds in the Primary. | * [[Targeteers]] — A past nickname for 8-year-olds in the Primary. | ||
* [[TBM]] | * [[TBM]] | ||
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* [[Temptation]] | * [[Temptation]] | ||
* [[Ten Commandments]] | * [[Ten Commandments]] | ||
| + | * [[Ten Cow Wife]] | ||
* [[Ten Cow Woman]] | * [[Ten Cow Woman]] | ||
* [[Ten tribes]] - Those tribes of the house of Israel carried captive into Assyria c. 721 BC; known as the lost tribes of Israel because they became lost to the people and records of the Bible. Prophecy proclaims their return in the latter days. | * [[Ten tribes]] - Those tribes of the house of Israel carried captive into Assyria c. 721 BC; known as the lost tribes of Israel because they became lost to the people and records of the Bible. Prophecy proclaims their return in the latter days. | ||
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* [[Time and Eternity]] * A term suggesting that gospel ordinances and blessings are valid forever, both on earth and in the heavens. | * [[Time and Eternity]] * A term suggesting that gospel ordinances and blessings are valid forever, both on earth and in the heavens. | ||
* [[Times and Seasons]] | * [[Times and Seasons]] | ||
| + | * [[Tinkling Cymbals]] | ||
* [[Tithe]] | * [[Tithe]] | ||
* [[Tithing]] * The donation of one-tenth of one's increase (gross income) to the Church. | * [[Tithing]] * The donation of one-tenth of one's increase (gross income) to the Church. | ||
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* [[Tithing Settlement]] | * [[Tithing Settlement]] | ||
* [[Titillating]] | * [[Titillating]] | ||
| + | * [[Title of Liberty]] | ||
* [[TLC]] - True and Living Church [An offshoot] | * [[TLC]] - True and Living Church [An offshoot] | ||
* [[Token]] | * [[Token]] | ||
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* [[Tracting]] | * [[Tracting]] | ||
* [[Trail Builder]] - the oldest boy classes in the Primary organization, covering ages 9 to 11. This term was used from the 1920s to the 1970s | * [[Trail Builder]] - the oldest boy classes in the Primary organization, covering ages 9 to 11. This term was used from the 1920s to the 1970s | ||
| + | * [[Train up a child]] | ||
* [[Transfer]] - To reassign a missionary from one area and companion to another. Also, the process of receiving and enacting such a reassignment; e.g., "I'm looking forward to getting a transfer to somewhere else, Elder. Anywhere else." See also transfers. | * [[Transfer]] - To reassign a missionary from one area and companion to another. Also, the process of receiving and enacting such a reassignment; e.g., "I'm looking forward to getting a transfer to somewhere else, Elder. Anywhere else." See also transfers. | ||
* [[Transfer bug]] - Mission slang for the seemingly arbitrary process by which transfers are determined; e.g., "I can never figure out just when the transfer bug is going to bite, Elder." | * [[Transfer bug]] - Mission slang for the seemingly arbitrary process by which transfers are determined; e.g., "I can never figure out just when the transfer bug is going to bite, Elder." | ||
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* [[Unpardonable Sin]]* The sin against the Holy Ghost. | * [[Unpardonable Sin]]* The sin against the Holy Ghost. | ||
* [[Unrighteous Dominion]] | * [[Unrighteous Dominion]] | ||
| + | * [[Uplifted Hand]] | ||
* [[Urim and Thummim]] * Two stones set in "silver bows," and often associated with a breastplate, given to Joseph Smith to aid in the translation of the Book of Mormon and in receiving other revelations. | * [[Urim and Thummim]] * Two stones set in "silver bows," and often associated with a breastplate, given to Joseph Smith to aid in the translation of the Book of Mormon and in receiving other revelations. | ||
* [[Ushers]] | * [[Ushers]] | ||
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* [[vain repetition]] | * [[vain repetition]] | ||
* [[valiant]] -- synonym for faithful; class in primary | * [[valiant]] -- synonym for faithful; class in primary | ||
| + | * [[valley tan]] | ||
* [[vanguard]] -- teacher-aged boys between scouts and explorers; Part of the YMMIA program for boys, ages 15-16, from 1928 to 1933, until the Boy Scouts began an Explorers program and the church adopted that. | * [[vanguard]] -- teacher-aged boys between scouts and explorers; Part of the YMMIA program for boys, ages 15-16, from 1928 to 1933, until the Boy Scouts began an Explorers program and the church adopted that. | ||
* [[Veil]], The | * [[Veil]], The | ||
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*[[white]] | *[[white]] | ||
*[[White Bible]] - Slang for the Missionary Handbook, a pocket-sized rulebook for missionaries with a white cover. | *[[White Bible]] - Slang for the Missionary Handbook, a pocket-sized rulebook for missionaries with a white cover. | ||
| + | *[[White and Delightsome]] | ||
| + | *[[white as snow]] | ||
*[[White Horse Prophecy]] | *[[White Horse Prophecy]] | ||
*[[White Indian]] | *[[White Indian]] | ||
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*[[Winter Saint]]: [DAW] Gentile pioneers who would winter in Utah amongst the Mormons, before continuing on their journey further west. | *[[Winter Saint]]: [DAW] Gentile pioneers who would winter in Utah amongst the Mormons, before continuing on their journey further west. | ||
*[[Wisdom]] | *[[Wisdom]] | ||
| + | *[[With Every Fiber of my being]] | ||
*[[Witness]] | *[[Witness]] | ||
*[[Witnesses, Book of Mormon]] | *[[Witnesses, Book of Mormon]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Women's Auxiliary]] |
*[[Word]], The | *[[Word]], The | ||
*[[Word of Wisdom]]: * Common name for the dietary commandments contained in the eighty-ninth section of the Doctrine and Covenants. These verses form the basis for the proscriptions against coffee, tea, alcohol and tobacco. The term is also used as an adjectivial phrase, often to point out other people's "substance-abuse" difficulties; e.g., "I'd suggest Brother Zappa as the new Scoutmaster, but he has such a Word of Wisdom problem." - The revealed health code of the Church, as set forth in section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants. | *[[Word of Wisdom]]: * Common name for the dietary commandments contained in the eighty-ninth section of the Doctrine and Covenants. These verses form the basis for the proscriptions against coffee, tea, alcohol and tobacco. The term is also used as an adjectivial phrase, often to point out other people's "substance-abuse" difficulties; e.g., "I'd suggest Brother Zappa as the new Scoutmaster, but he has such a Word of Wisdom problem." - The revealed health code of the Church, as set forth in section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants. | ||
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*[[Worthy]] | *[[Worthy]] | ||
*[[Worthy Member]] | *[[Worthy Member]] | ||
| + | *[[WoW]] - Word of Wisdom (D&C 89) | ||
*[[WML]] - Ward Mission Leader | *[[WML]] - Ward Mission Leader | ||
*[[Wrath of God]] | *[[Wrath of God]] | ||
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* [[Year's supply]] | * [[Year's supply]] | ||
* [[YM]] - Young Men | * [[YM]] - Young Men | ||
| + | * [[you can buy anything with money]] | ||
* [[Young Adults]] | * [[Young Adults]] | ||
* [[Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association]] | * [[Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association]] | ||
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* [[Young Men's Program]] | * [[Young Men's Program]] | ||
* [[Young Single Adults]] | * [[Young Single Adults]] | ||
| + | * [[Young Special Interest]] | ||
* [[Young Women]] | * [[Young Women]] | ||
* [[Young Woman Medallion]] | * [[Young Woman Medallion]] | ||
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* [[Zeebees]] -- nickname for Zion's Boys | * [[Zeebees]] -- nickname for Zion's Boys | ||
* [[Zeegees]] -- nickname for Zion's Girls | * [[Zeegees]] -- nickname for Zion's Girls | ||
| + | * [[Zelph]] | ||
| + | * [[Ziff]] | ||
* [[Zion]] * A word meaning the "pure in heart"; also a geographic location where the righteous are gathered by obedience to the gospel. | * [[Zion]] * A word meaning the "pure in heart"; also a geographic location where the righteous are gathered by obedience to the gospel. | ||
| + | * [[Zion Corridor]] | ||
* [[Zion Curtain]] -- 1) wall or barrier separating the dining section from the liquor serving area in Utah restaurants required by law. 2) border between majority Mormon areas and majority non-Mormon areas. | * [[Zion Curtain]] -- 1) wall or barrier separating the dining section from the liquor serving area in Utah restaurants required by law. 2) border between majority Mormon areas and majority non-Mormon areas. | ||
* [[Zion’s Boys]] -- Primary class for 7- and 8-year-olds, from 1928 to about 1950; These were the 7- and 8-year-olds starting in 1928. also known as Zeebees | * [[Zion’s Boys]] -- Primary class for 7- and 8-year-olds, from 1928 to about 1950; These were the 7- and 8-year-olds starting in 1928. also known as Zeebees | ||
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- Taylor, James S. "The Gospel in Spanish / El Evangelio en Español", 1993.
[edit] A
- Aaron
- Abinadi
- Abomination
- a.p.
- Aaronic Priesthood
- Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women
- Abeyance
- able
- Abominable Church
- Abomination of Desolation
- Abortion
- Abraham
- Abraham, Gospel of
- Abrahamic Covenant
- Abrahamic Dispensation
- Abstinence
- Abundant Life
- Abundantly
- Accept the gospel
- Accompanist
- Accompany
- Accountability
- Accountable
- ACMI — The Arizona Co-operative Mercantile Institution, the title for a short-lived Arizona version of ZCMI.
- Act
- activate
- activation program
- active
- active in the Church
- active member
- activities committee
- activity
- activity night
- Adam-God Theory
- Adam-ondi-Ahman
- Adam
- Adam's transgression
- Adamic Dispensation
- Adamic language
- added upon
- addiction
- administer
- administer the sacrament
- administer to the sick
- administer the church
- Administration of angels
- Administration of Ordinances
- Administration
- Administrator
- Adoption
- Adopted
- Adult
- adult class
- Adultery
- advancement in the priesthood
- Advent
- Adversary
- adversity
- Adversities
- advice
- adviser
- Advocacy
- Advocate
- Advocate With the Father Jesus Christ is each repentant individual's advocate, spokesman, or representative in pleading before the Father for mercy for sin. Christ holds this role because of his * Atonement for mankind (see 1 John 2:1; Moroni 7:28; D&C 110:4).
- Afflictions
- After Life
- age of accountability The age at which a child becomes personally responsible for motives, attitudes, desires, and actions. Designated by revelation to begin at eight years of age (D&C 68:25).
- Age of Consent
- agency (often called free agency) The granted right to choose good or evil, and the responsibility for the choices made.
- agency of man
- agenda
- Agent Bishop
- Agent Stake President
- Agreement
- Agricultural Reserve
- Ahman
- Alcohol
- All is well
- All that the Lord has blessed you
- All opposed
- Alma
- Alpha and Omega
- Altar
- ambiguity
- Amen
- America
- amusement
- Ancestor
- Ancestral File(TM) A computerized system of genealogical information that links names of individuals into pedigrees, showing their ancestors and descendants.
- ancestry
- Ancient Apostles
- Ancient of Days A term used in Daniel 7:9, identified by revelation to Joseph Smith as Adam.
- And it came to pass
- angel
- angel chaps -- slang for garments.
- Angel Moroni
- Angel of Light
- Angel of the Devil
- angel, fallen Specifically, the devil.* Generally, all who followed the devil in the premortal existence.
- angels Literally, messengers; usually referring to messengers from God.
- announcements
- annunciation
- Anoint
- Anointed One
- anointing(s) The placing of a drop or two of consecrated olive oil on a person's head as part of a special blessing, under the direction of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
- answer
- antemortal life
- Anti - n. person or document in opposition to the Church (i.e., anti-Mormon)
- Anti - v. to influence with anti-Mormon materials or ideas
- Anti-Christ
- Anti-Mormon
- Anti-Mormon Critic non-Mormon scientist, writer, historian, whose work undermines LDS doctrine.
- Anti-Mormon Publications
- Anti-Nephi-Lehi
- Antichrists
- Anxiously engaged
- AoF - Articles of Faith
- AP - See assistant to the president; Aaronic Priesthood
- ape - See assistant to the president.
- APMIA
- Apocalypse
- Apocrypha
- Apologetics
- Apologist
- Apostasy
- Apostate - (1) One who has repudiated Mormonism for whatever reason and in whatever fashion, whether or not his or her name remains on the church's rolls. The commonly repeatedly Mormon party line would have it that these are the most unhappy people on the face of the earth, but reasonable humans are likely to perceive this attitude as sour grapes. (2) slang for a missionary who doesn't obey the rules.
- apostate group
- Apostle - The second highest office in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and a special witness of Jesus Christ. Common Mormon belief holds that apostles know the resurrected Christ personally. Apostles are considered "prophets, seers and revelators," though only the ordained president of the Church holds all the keys necessary for administering the Kingdom of God on earth. See also Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the. An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood; usually a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- Apostles Creed
- Apostleship
- Apostolic Church The Church presided over by the Twelve Apostles following the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.
- Apostolic Dispensation
- Apostolic Name -- version of a personal name that sounds like that of an apostle
- Apostolic Succession
- appear
- Appearance
- Appearance of evil
- Appendages to the Priesthood
- appoint
- appointment
- Appropriate
- Appropriateness Police
- Apricot Tree
- April 6
- APYW
- Archangels
- Archives A general description for the record-keeping facilities of the Church in Salt Lake City. The archives hold a wide variety of records, including Church membership information, historical accounts, and the largest collection of genealogical data in the world.
- Area - The usually relatively small geographical region to which two missionaries are assigned. - A geographical ecclesiastical unit of the Church consisting of several regions and presided over by a president, who is a General Authority.
- Area Authority Seventy
- Area Conference
- Area Presidency
- Area president
- Area Supervisor
- Ark of Noah
- Armageddon
- Armies of Heaven
- armor of God
- Army of Helaman
- Article of Faith
- Articles of Faith Thirteen concise statements of LDS belief written by Joseph Smith in the Wentworth Letter.
- Articles of Faith Card
- Article on Marriage
- As a Lamb to the Slaughter
- As Sisters in Zion
- ascend
- Ascension of Christ
- Ashes
- Ask and it shall be given you
- assemble
- Assemblies - i.e., Solemn Assemblies
- Assembly Hall
- Assigned Administrative Office
- Assignment
- Assistant
- Assistant President of the Church
- Assistant to the president - One of two missionaries who, by virtue of superior dedication, spirituality, and brown-nosing, are privileged to push paper in the mission office rather than pound pavement.
- Assistant to the Twelve Persons who at one time in the Church were specifically called to be General Authorities to assist the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- Associate President of the Church
- Astray
- Athiest
- Atone
- Atonement
- Atonement of Jesus Christ
- Atoning
- Attend
- Attend the Temple
- Attend Tithing Settlement
- Attendance
- Attitude
- Attributes
- Atributes of God
- Author of Salvation
- Authority believe this was restored to Joseph Smith by having key Bible leaders appearing and ordaining Smith. Anyone ordained in the church receives a card tracing his priesthood back to Joseph Smith. Duly conferred priesthood power or delegated responsibility associated with position or function.
- Authority of the Ministry
- authorization
- authorize
- Authorized
- Authorized Version of the Bible
- Auxiliaries
- Auxiliary Board
- Auxiliary Organizations The Primary (children), Relief Society (adult women), Sunday School, and Young Men and Young Women organizations of the Church. Auxiliary organizations exist primarily to assist the priesthood government of the Church.
- Available
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- baby area -- missionary slang for initial area a missionary serves in
- baby blessing
- Babylon A term symbolic of worldliness.
- backslider -- member who tries to follow commandments, but falls short
- baker's hat -- part of temple clothing
- Bandlo (aka Bandalo) - a band of felt worn around the neck by primary children (ages 9 - 11) on which were affixed symbols made of felt, plastic or glass, which represented achievements in the primary program. The work may have been inspired by "bandoleer" or perhaps "bandanna" (see http://www.keepapitchinin.org/archives/a-bundle-of-bandlos/ or http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/01/21/bandlos-old-post-new-illustrations/)
- baptism by fire
- Baptism by Immersion
- Baptism by proxy
- Baptism for the dead - The Mormons believe that it is possible to perform valid baptisms even after death. This does NOT mean that they actually deal with corpses, instead it means that baptisms are performed on behalf of the dead. Mormons believe that the dead have the ability to accept or reject any such baptism done on their behalf.
- Baptism of Fire and the Holy Ghost
- Baptism:* "Baptism by immersion under the hands of a legal administrator, one empowered to bind on earth and seal in heaven, is the initiatory ordinance into the Church on earth and the celestial kingdom in the world to come (D. & C. 20:68-74; 2 Ne. 9:23-24). Baptism is the formally appointed means and ordinance which the Lord has provided so that man can signify his personal acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of the eternal gospel covenant. Thus in baptism, which as part of the gospel is itself a new and an everlasting covenant (D. & C. 22), man covenants to abide by all of the laws and requirements of the whole gospel."
- Baptismal
- Baptismal candidate
- Baptismal certificate
- Baptismal challenge
- Baptismal covenant
- Baptismal font
- Baptismal prayer
- Baptismal service
- baptize
- baptized
- Barge:* Jaredite
- Barrow pit: * Something found only in Utah--a ditch alongside the road.
- BC - Bishop's Court
- Beacons — This was a short-lived title for 8-year-olds in the primary, starting in 1953.
- Bear - In Mormon parlance, a verb invariably used with the word "testimony" to refer to the process of relating one's personal conviction of the truthfulness of certain religious precepts. This curious usage of the word is probably derived from the phrase "to bear witness." See also fast-and-testimony meeting, testimony meeting.
- Bear the priesthood To possess or hold duly conferred priesthood authority.
- Bear testimony To express one's personal convictions of the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. - Telling others about the feelings, events, personal enlightenment, etc that lead a person to their belief that the church is true.
- bear with me
- Beard
- Beard Card
- Bearing a testimony
- Bearing testimony
- Beatitudes
- beauty
- Bedlamite - a noisy person, especially a child (popularized by Elder Holland in April 2011 Conference)
- Beehive - 1) An LDS symbol of industry. 2) Young women's class.
- Beehive clothing
- Beehive house
- Beehive Symbol* A logo representing industry and harmony, appearing frequently on objects associated with the LDS Church and Utah.
- Beer
- befriend
- Belief
- Believe
- Beloved
- Benediction
- best two years of my life, the - A phrase sometimes employed by returned missionaries to describe their mission experience.
- Bethlehem
- Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt
- beyond the veil A metaphorical expression for the spirit world or for life after death.
- Bible
- Bible Dictionary
- BIC:* Born in the Covenant
- Big 15 -- slang for First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve
- Big Mormon Wagon
- bind
- bind on earth, bind in heaven Through the priesthood sealing power, to make an ordinance performed on earth valid throughout eternity.
- Birth
- Birth, Spiritual
- birthday pennies
- Bishop:* heads a ward [300 to 500 members] who is also ordained a High Priest in their Melchizedek priesthood. They are largely unpaid and perform marriages and funerals and conduct services.
- Bishop's councilor
- Bishop's court - A term used until recent years to indicate a disciplinary council conducted by a Bishop - This term has been replaced by Disciplinary Council. See Disciplinary Council.
- Bishop Interview
- Bishop's office
- Bishop's storehouse
- Bishopric - In the L.D.S. ecclesiastical hierarchy, the presiding body of a ward, consisting of a bishop and his two counselors. See also first counselor.
- Black
- Blasphemy
- Blazer - name of the 9-year-old boy primary classes from 1920s to the 1970s. Since the 1970s, this name refers to 10 and 11 year old boy primary class.
- Bless
- bless sacrament
- Blessed
- blessing - This term can be used generically to refer to most any prayer, particularly prayers before meals, meetings, activities, etc. The term is often used specifically, however, to refer to an ordinance of the priesthood whereby hands are laid on a supplicant's head and a pronouncement of health, comfort, counsel, or christening is made. Though the syntactical structure of the blessing is similar to that of a regular prayer, the words are directed to the recipient rather than to God, often with instructions such as "be healed" or "live worthily" or "remember that your Father in Heaven is mindful of you." The giver of a blessing of this sort must be a worthy priesthood holder, and he is directed to keep his mind open and not speak his own thoughts or wishes, but rather to listen for the promptings of the Holy Ghost in knowing what instructions and/or promises to pass along to the recipient. When giving a blessing, the spokesman may be assisted by one or more other priesthood holders, who stand shoulder to shoulder and also place hands on the recipient's head.
- Blessing on Food
- Blessing on the Sick
- Blessings
- Blind
- blind obedience
- Block of meetings
- block schedule
- blood
- Blood Atonement Some Mormons historically believed that some sins are so serious that they are outside of the blood of Christ. They believed it would be in the best interest of the offending person to have their own blood shed so they can have a hope that they will eventually be released from hell into the lowest kingdom in their afterlife. Some underground militia like fundamentalists feel they would be doing certain apostates a favor by shedding their blood.
- Bluebird -- name of 10-year-old girls primary class from the 1920s through 1959; These were 10- and 11-year-old girls, starting in the 1926 Primary organization. Later, they were just the 10-year-olds.
- BMW:* Big Mormon Wagon.
- board (general, auxiliary) A small group of Church members called to help leaders of Church auxiliary organizations, such as Relief Society or Sunday School, at both the stake and the general Church administrative levels.
- body
- BoA - Book of Abraham
- b.o.m. - Book of Mormon.
- BOM:* Book of Mormon.
- BonCom -- Bonneville Communications
- Bone
- Bonneville Communications
- Book
- Book of Abraham* Writings of Abraham, revealed to Joseph Smith. The Book of Abraham is one of the books in the Pearl of Great Price.
- Book of Commandments* The earliest published collection of revelations to Joseph Smith; a predecessor to the Doctrine and Covenants.
- Book of Enoch
- Book of Life
- Book of Mormon - A collection of writings ascribed to various prophets who lived in undetermined regions of the American continents between 600 B.C. and A.D. 421. Another testament of Jesus Christ, and the keystone of the L.D.S. faith. The Book of Mormon tells the story of the prophet Lehi, who fled Jerusalem with his family after having been warned in a dream of the city's impending destruction by the Babylonians. They built a ship and sailed to America, where his son Nephi, also a prophet, began to keep a record of their proceedings on engraved metal plates. Subsequent prophets and kings continued this practice. Nearly a thousand years later, a prophet named Mormon abridged the records kept by his predecessors onto engraved plates of gold. These he gave into the keeping of his son Moroni -- you guessed it, another prophet -- who added a few chapters and then buried the record in a hill in what would later become the state of New York. In the early 1800s, a resurrected Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith, Jr., and led him to the site where the record was buried. Young Smith, aided by the Urim and Thummim, translated the engravings from the Reformed Egyptian into an English reminiscent of King James and soon thereafter published the work as the Book of Mormon -- so named in honor of its prime abridger. An account of ancient inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere, recorded on gold plates and translated by Joseph Smith. The record contains both a history of the people and the fulness of the everlasting gospel as revealed by the Savior to the ancient inhabitants.
- Book of Mormon Stories
- Book of Moses* A record from the creation of the world and mankind to the flood at Noah's time, revealed to Joseph Smith while he was translating the Bible. Selections from the Book of Moses are now part of the Pearl of Great Price.
- Book of Remembrance (1) A record begun by Adam and his immediate posterity; (2) a personal book containing genealogy and significant family history.
- born
- Born Again
- Born in the Covenant All children born to a couple after they have been married (sealed) in a temple. - A child that was born of two parents sealed in the temple.
- Born of God
- born of goodly parents
- bosom
- bosom burning
- BP - Branch President
- Branch - In areas where members are quite spread out, the Church will sometimes have units smaller than a ward. These are called "Branches".
- Branch Clerk
- Branch Conference
- Branch Presidency
- Branch President
- branch relief society president
- branch relief society presidency
- branch sunday school president
- branch sunday school presidency
- branch young men president
- branch young men presidency
- branch young women president
- branch young women presidency
- Brass Plates - A record spoken of in the Book of Mormon, which was similar to the Old Testament, written on plates of brass, containing many writings of the prophets (1 Ne. 5:10-16); brought by Lehi and his family to the Western Hemisphere.
- bread
- break bread
- break the sabbath
- Brethren - (1) All male members of the Church; (2) "The Brethren," a designation of the General Authorities of the Church.
- Bridge
- Bridle your passions
- Brigham Tea or Brigham Weed:* See Mormon tea [DAW].
- Brigham Young Cocktail:* [DAW] Moonshine, especially firewater or Indian whiskey.
- Brigham Young University - A Church-owned University. Its policies are different from most universities, intending to reflect Mormon values.
- Brighamite:* A follower of Brigham Young in the schism following Joseph Smith's death.
- Bright
- Bring 'em Young
- Bring forth
- broken heart
- Brother of Jared
- Brother
- Brotherhood
- BRT - missionary slang for "build relationships of trust"
- bucket - Calgary Canada Mission slang for a lazy missionary who habitually breaks the rules. Derivation uncertain. See also kicker.
- buckfart - A flakism roughly equivalent to such words as "joker," "clown," "scumbag," and "stoopnagle."
- Buffetings of Satan
- build
- build relationships of trust
- Building Program
- building up
- buildings
- Bulletin
- burden
- Burial
- burn
- burning in the bosom A metaphorical description of the feeling that sometimes attends the enveloping Spirit of the Lord, particularly when one understands God's words through the influence of the Holy Ghost (Luke 24:32; D&C 9:3-8).
- Burnings, Everlasting
- bury - (in the water)
- BYC Bishop's Youth Committee. A monthly meeting of the bishopric with the youth leaders of Aaronic Priesthood quorums and Young Women classes and their adult advisers.
- BYD-This term stands for Bishop Youth Discussion. This is usually a Sunday evening meeting that youth 12 to 18 are asked to attend. At the meeting the Bishop gives a lesson on a specific topic, then the youth are able to ask him questions at the end.
- BYU
- BYU Radio
- BYU-TV
- BYU Motto:* Enter to serve, go forth to learn. The campus is our world.
- BYU-Idaho
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- CAB - Church Administration Building
- Cafeteria Mormon
- California Mormon
- Call - To offer a Church job to someone, through inspiration from God; e.g., "Brother Gilmore, the Lord has seen fit to call you to the position of Young Men's President." Derived from the Biblical passage Matthew 20:16: "For many be called, but few chosen." Also, the official notice of having been called. See also calling, mission call.
- Called
- Called up
- Calling* Invitation to accept an office or assignment; offices or assignments themselves. Any position of responsibility within the Mormon Church, from nursery attendant right up to prophet. Holders of such positions are said to have been "called" by God -- by inspiration through the duly constituted member of the bureaucratic chain. Missionaries receive their callings directly from the President of the Church, who purportedly receives revelation as to where in the world each one should be sent.
- calling-based friendships
- Calling and Election
- Canned food mormons
- Cannery
- Canon
- Canonize - To make part of the scriptures.
- card-carrying Mormon
- CDC -- Church Disciplinary Council
- CDOL - Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders
- Celestial
- Celestial Consequences
- Celestial Kingdom* The highest of three degrees of glory in the kingdom of heaven.
- Celestial marriage
- celestial room
- celestial smile -- reference to the shape that garments make under clothes
- Celibacy
- Cemetary
- center place of Zion The "center place," Independence, Missouri, the future site of the City of Zion (the New Jerusalem) and the temple (D&C 57:3); sometimes incorrectly called "center stake."
- Ceremonies
- Certificate
- CES - Church Educational System
- Challenge
- Change
- Chapel: * is the building the branch or ward meets in every week. The room or hall in a Church meetinghouse used for worship services.
- Chapel cleaning
- Chapel Mormon
- Chapel Mormonism
- Chaplains
- Chapter
- Character
- charity
- chart
- chastening
- chastity
- chest
- Child of God The Latter-day Saint belief that all persons are spirit children of God in the premortal existence and that this parent-child relationship continues on this earth and through eternity.
- Children's Friend
- CHI - Church Handbook of Instructions
- church attire
- church ball
- church basketball
- church dress
- Church Handbook of Instructions
- church headquarters
- church history
- church magazines
- Church News
- church office
- church welfare
- choice
- choir
- choir practice
- chorister -- contrary to wider use, in LDS use a chorister is the leader or director of a choir. It is also one of several local callings; Ward Chorister, Primary Chorister, etc.
- choose
- choose ye this day
- choose the right
- chosen
- chosen people Specifically those selected by God for special responsibilities, often requiring service and sacrifice; participants in the covenant of the gospel.
- CHQ - Church Headquarters
- Christ
- Christ-like
- Christian
- Christianity
- Christmas
- Christology
- church
- Church, The -- shorthand way of referring to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Church College -- of Hawaii, of New Zealand
- Church Court
- Church Discipline
- Church Disciplinary Council
- Church Educational System
- Church Handbook of Instructions - A "Policy and Procedures" manual for the Church leadership. This replaced the old "General Handbook of Instructions".
- Church Headquarters
- church leaders
- church meeting
- church member
- Church of Jesus Christ
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Church of the Firstborn* Those who are exalted or assured of receiving exaltation.
- Church Office Building
- Church Security
- Church Service
- church services
- Church Service Mission
- Church Service Missionary
- Church Standards
- Church-broken - broken in to Church customs? (see [1])
- circle of friends
- CK -- Celestial Kingdom
- clean
- cleanse
- clear
- Clergy
- Clerk
- clerk's office
- Closet Doubter
- Closing hymn
- closing prayer
- COB - Church Office Building
- coequal -- exists in OED, but seems to have significant Mormon usage -- is it more than others?
- Coffee
- Cohab:* See Polyg.
- CoJCoLDS -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- cold
- collection of fast offerings The collection of voluntary offerings on fast day, usually the first Sunday of each month.
- Colorado City
- combination
- Come Come Ye Saints
- comfort
- comfort those in need of comfort
- Comforter* The scriptures speak of two Comforters. The First Comforter is the Holy Ghost. The Second Comforter is Jesus Christ (John 14:1623; see also TPJS, pp. 150-51).
- commandment
- Commandments, The
- commissioned
- commit
- commitment
- Common consent* The principle whereby Church members vote to sustain and approve those called to serve in the Church and decisions made by leaders.
- common judge The bishop of each ward, who has the responsibility to judge the spiritual and temporal condition of members of his ward. The stake president of each stake serves as a common judge for all members of his stake.
- Communion
- Community
- comp -- missionary slang for companion
- Companion - 1)A missionary's assigned partner. Often shortened to comp. See also companionship. 2) Spouse, as in 'eternal companion'
- companion, missionary A missionary's partner. Missionaries in the Church always work in pairs.
- companionship - A unit consisting of two partnered missionaries who spend all their time together and are assigned to proselyte in a specific area. See also companion.
- companionship study
- Compassionate Service* Aid or comfort rendered to others, in particular by members of the Relief Society.
- concern
- Condescension
- Condescension of God
- conduct
- conducting
- confer
- Conference:* Where one goes twice a year to hear "Mo"-tivational speakers. 2) (obsolete) a group of LDS branches; a district.
- Conference Center
- conference president
- Conference Reports* The published proceedings of the general conferences of the Church.
- confess
- confession
- Confession of Sins
- confidential
- confirmation* The bestowal of the gift of the Holy Ghost to newly baptized members by holders of the Melchizedek Priesthood; also official recognition of Church membership.
- confirm
- confirmed
- confirmed a member of the church
- confusion
- congregation
- conscience
- Consecrate
- consecrated oil
- consecration
- Consecration, law of* A divine principle whereby men and women voluntarily dedicate their time, talents, and material wealth to the establishment and building up of God's kingdom.
- consecutive
- consequences
- conservative Mormon
- consolidated schedule
- constant
- contacting -- missionaries trying to meet people interested
- Contention
- contract
- contribution
- contrite
- contrite spirit
- conventional ward
- Conversion
- Convert (noun) A person who has chosen to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by being baptized and confirmed.
- CoP -- Corporation of the President
- co-pilots -- 7-year-old class in primary in the 1950s and 1960s
- Corianton
- cornerstone
- Corporation of the President
- correct
- correct principles
- correlate
- correlation -- A process by which all programs of the Church are identified and placed in proper relationship to each other: teachings, organizations, programs, meetings, and instructional materials.
- correlation meeting -- Any of a broad spectrum of regularly scheduled meetings where Mormons in positions of responsibility get together to compare notes, swap gossip, and step on each other's toes as much a possible where their duties overlap.
- corrupted
- cottage meeting
- council
- Council in Heaven* The meeting in the premortal life of the Godhead and spirits designated for this earth, in which the plan of salvation was presented.
- Council of Fifty
- Council of the Twelve, the - See Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the.
- councilor
- counsel
- Counselor: A person called to serve as an adviser, assistant, and occasional substitute for an officer or leader in the Church. (see Response to the “First and Second” Poll for First v. Second & their meaning)
- Couple Missionaries
- court (Church)* A term formerly used to mean a Church disciplinary council.
- court of love
- Covenant
- Covenant Israel, Latter-Day
- covenant path
- cradle mormon
- cradle roll class -- Sunbeams (3 year olds) class in 1935 -- see Cradle Roll, 1935
- create
- Creation
- Creeds
- crickets (Mormon) A type of cricket that threatened the crops of early Mormon pioneers. The crops were saved when large flocks of seagulls came and devoured the crickets.
- crime
- Cross
- Crossroads of the West
- Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
- crucify
- cryamony -- (slang) testimony in which the speaker is reduced to tears.
- CTR - This stands for Choose The Right, and is often seen on rings that members wear as reminders. Also a primary class.
- CTR pilots -- 6-year-old primary class during the 1950s and 1960s
- CTR Ring - "Choose The Right" ring. A ring with shield-like symbol that is to remind the young to make the right choices. This ring has become something of a fad recently.
- Cub Scouts
- CUFS - Church Unit Financial Statement
- culture
- Cultural Hall - A very large space in the exact center most Mormon meetinghouses, suitable for stage plays, banquets, Scout ceremonies, blood drives, wedding receptions, and so forth -- though most often used for basketball games.
- cultural refinement
- cumom - According to the Book of Mormon, a "more especially useful" beast living in ancient America. See note for "curelom." See also elephant, horse, ass.
- Cumorah* (1) A hill in which the Book of Mormon prophet Mormon concealed sacred records before the annihilation of his people; (2) the hill in New York State, near the town of Palmyra, where Joseph Smith unearthed the gold plates from which he translated the Book of Mormon.
- curelom - According to the Book of Mormon, a "more especially useful" beast living, along with cumoms and elephants, in ancient America. No one knows for certain what a curelom or cumom looked like, but apologists have speculated that they may have been mammoths or mastodons, and that Joseph Smith knew no English word to use as translations from the Reformed Egyptian.
- curious workmanship
- cut without hands
- Cymorgs
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- D
- d.a. - See dinner appointment.
- D&C - See Doctrine and Covenants.
- Dating Fast -- to take a break from dating
- damnation* (1) The opposite of salvation; (2) to be stopped in one's spiritual progress; (3) the suffering of various degrees of penalty at the final judgment by those who have not accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ and repented of their sins.
- DAMU:* Disaffected Mormon Underground.
- Danites* A small and briefly organized band of Mormon militia men in 1838 who became the source for anti-Mormon legends.
- Darkness:* The total lack of any light for three days, where even the sun could not light up the clouds during the day, and no one could light a fire with dry wood for three days. Mormons easily accept this claim in Third Nephi, Chapter 8 without any question or doubt whatsoever, and that has to be real "spiritual darkness!"
- Daughters of the Whore:* LDS scriptural name for Protestant churches, the whore being the Roman Catholic Church.
- DC - Disciplinary Council
- Deacon:* Worthy boys age 12 to 14 are "ordained" into the Aaronic priesthood of which the office of deacon is the first held. Deacons pass the sacrament in LDS church services.
- Deacon Dance -- A derogatory label given to adolescent males who dance tensely and are somewhat afraid of girls.
- Deaconitis -- A derogatory term used on adolescent boys to indicate that they made a mistake in their Sunday dress.
- Deacon's Collar -- see Deaconitis
- Deacons Quorum
- Deacons Quorum Counselor
- Deacons Quorum President
- Deacons Quorum Presidency
- Deacons Quorum Secretary
- dead
- deaf
- Dear Jane - A gender-reversed "Dear John" letter.
- Dear John - A letter to a missionary from his significant other, informing him that she has failed to successfully wait. Often accompanied by a wedding announcement linking the significant other with one of the missionary's former companions. See also "Dear Jane."
- death
- deceased
- declare
- Dedication
- deed
- deep
- deep doctrine
- Degrees of Glory* The celestial, terrestrial, and telestial kingdoms in heaven.
- delight
- demands of justice
- deny
- deny the power
- denying the Holy Ghost d (1) In general terms, rejecting a spiritual witness given by the Holy Ghost; (2) another term for blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which is an unpardonable sin.
- department head
- descendants
- Deseret* A Book of Mormon word meaning "honey bee," often used in titles of LDS institutions or by businesses in areas with concentrated LDS populations. A territory marked out by Brigham Young and his followers, originally comprising all of Utah, most of Nevada & Arizona, and parts of the states of California, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming. The word comes from the BoM where it is glossed as "Bee". - When the Mormon Pioneers first arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, they gave the region the name "Deseret" (Des-er-et). The name was changed to "Utah" during the attempt to make the area a state. The name "Deseret" comes from a word in the Book of Mormon (meaning "honeybee'), not from the word desert.
- Deseret Alphabet
- Deseret Book
- Deseret Club -- club for LDS students at higher educational institutions.
- Deseret Industries
- Deseret Management
- Deseret Mutual Benefit Association
- Deseret News
- Deseret Sunday School Union — Original name of the church's Sunday School program.
- Desert Tea:* See Mormon Tea [DAW].
- desire
- determine the relationship -- missionary term
- devil
- devotional
- dh
- DHC - Documentary History of the Church
- Dialogue
- die - In mission parlance, to be released from one's mission and return home; e.g., "I hope I die here in Babylonville, Elder. I'd hate to have to adjust to a whole new area before going home." Derived by analogy with the process in Mormon theology whereby spirits leave their premortal existence, are born physically and die on earth, then return to the spirit realm to await resurrection and judgment.
- diligently
- dinner appointment - An occasion when a member family invites the local missionaries over for dinner. The Church encourages this activity because a) it gives the missionaries a chance to remind the members that they should be introducing non-members of their acquaintance to the Restored Gospel, and b) it assures the missionaries of nutritious hot meals on occasion.
- direct (music)
- direction
- director of temporal affairs
- disbelief
- Discernment, Gift of
- disciple
- Disciples of Christ
- Discipleship
- Disciplinary Council - Internal conflicts are handled by the Church's own court system. The Bishop of a ward generally is responsible for these. Appeals of decisions can be made to the Stake, and failing that to the President of the Church. The verdict is public information, but the details are not. (Similar to what happens in US courts when you have records sealed.) A Disciplinary Council is usually done in a ward, arranged by the Bishop, but may be convened by higher offices depending on the rank of the charged, and the situation (For example, if the accused is a Bishop himself, or not attached to a specific ward).
- Disciplinary Procedures* The process of bringing a Church member before a priesthood officer or disciplinary council to account for alleged transgressions against Church standards and to take necessary steps toward repentance.
- discuss
- discussion - A lesson taught by missionaries to an investigator. So named, I believe, so as to minimize in investigators the feeling of being taught a rote catechetical sermon by inviting dialogue and greater back-and-forth participation. The current curriculum for prospective members includes six discussions, each about an hour in length, which cover the very most basic tenets of the Restored Gospel. Each discussion consists of several principles, which the missionaries are free to put across in their own words, adapting to the necessities of the situation. Companions usually take turns teaching principles. Most discussions end with an invitation to baptism. Most invitations to baptism end with a shake of the head. See also discussions, the.
- discussions, the - A term applied broadly to the set of six missionary discussions, or to the process of teaching them to an investigator. A structured lesson on basic gospel principles presented to interested nonmembers.
- disfellowship - A punishment by a disciplinary council that is milder than excommunication but harsher than probation.
- disfellowshipment* A disciplinary action against a Church member that severely restricts participation in Church activity but falls short of excommunication.
- disobedience
- disobey
- Dispensation A period of time in which priesthood authority and keys are established among mankind. The present dispensation, the last before the second coming of Christ, is called the "fulness of times."
- Dispensation of the Fulness of Times - Pt:Dispensação da Plenitude dos Tempos
- Dispensations of the Gospel
- Distribution Center* Centrally located outlets from which Church publications and other supplies are distributed.
- District* (1) An ecclesiastical unit consisting of several branches of the Church in a geographic area where stakes are not organized; (2) a unit of organization in missions, consisting of missionaries and presided over by an experienced missionary called the district leader. A geographical area consisting usually of two to four companionships, encompassing from four to eight missionaries and supervised by a district leader. See also zone.
- district activity - A recreational activity designed to strengthen bonds of friendship, community, and purpose between the members of a district. Also, an excuse for goofing around. Contrast district meeting. See also zone activity.
- District Clerk
- District Conference
- District Council
- District Executive Secretary
- District Leader - A missionary assigned to supervise usually two to four companionships, encompassing from four to eight other missionaries. Often shortened to d.l. See also zone leader.
- district meeting - A weekly meeting at which the members of a district convene to report on their achievements of the past week, set performance goals for the next week, practice their teaching skills, and decide on someplace cool to go for lunch. Also, an excuse for goofing around. Contrast district activity.
- District President
- District Presidency
- district relief society president
- district relief society presidency
- district sunday school president
- district sunday school presidency
- district young men president
- district young men presidency
- district young women president
- district young women presidency
- divine
- Divinity
- divorce
- dixie
- DL - District Leader
- do it
- doctrine
- Doctrine and Covenants:* A volume of Latter-day Saint scripture containing selected revelations given to Joseph Smith and his successors in the presidency of the Church. A collection of revelations received primarily by Joseph Smith, though other latter-day prophets are also represented. One of the four canonized works of Mormon scripture. Often shortened to D & C
- dogma
- donation
- double-digit midget - Mission slang for a missionary with less than a hundred days of service remaining.
- doubt
- doubt your doubts
- Dove, Sign of the
- dream
- Dry Mormon -- An individual who acts and thinks like a Mormon, but does not belong to the Church.
- DTR - missionary slang for "determine the relationship"
- Dugout:* [DAW] Type of early Mormon log cabin.
- dunk - Mission parlance for baptism. Can be used as either a noun or a verb; e.g., "How many dunks have you scored this month, Elder? Are you going to dunk anyone else before the month is over?" So derived because Mormons baptize by total immersion.
- dust -- reference to ancient records; I.e., the come "from the dust" or " out of the dust"; v. to dust feet
- duty
- Duty to God
- dwell
[edit] E
- Eagle Scout
- Early Morning Seminary LDS religion courses for high school students offered before the normal school day begins.
- East
- Easter
- education
- Education Week
- effort
- EFY
- Eight-Cow Wife
- Elder
- elder brother A name or title of Jesus Christ, the firstborn of all Heavenly Father's spirit children.
- Elders Quorum A group consisting of men holding the office of Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood. An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood; a title designating a holder of this priesthood, a General Authority, or a male missionary.
- Elders Quorum Counselor
- Elders Quorum President
- Elders Quorum Presidency
- Elders Quorum Secretary
- Elect of God
- Elect lady
- Elias
- Elias, Spirit of
- Elijah
- Elijah, Spirit of
- Elohim* God the Father.
- Emergency Preparedness
- Emeritus General Authority
- Employment Center
- Employment Specialist
- Empty Sea - A slang reference to the M.T.C.
- End
- Endless and Eternal
- Endow
- Endowment House
- Endowment* Ordinances of instruction and covenant performed by and for individuals in temples.
- Endure
- Endure to the End* The doctrine that converted individuals must continue to show their faith through good works till the end of mortal life.
- Enemy
- engage
- Enoch
- Enos
- enough
- Enrichment
- Enrichment Group
- Ensign* (1) Since 1971, the official monthly periodical published by the Church. (2) a standard or flag.
- Ephraim* The son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt, and heir to the birthright. The patriarchal blessings of many Latter-day Saints declare them to be of the lineage of Ephraim.
- Ephraimite
- Epistemology
- EQ - Elder's Quorum
- ERA - Equal Rights Amendment
- Era, The
- ERC - Employment Resource Center
- Errand of Angels
- Especially for Youth
- establish
- estate (as in 'First Estate')
- eternal
- eternal companion - On your mission, any companion you have been with for more than two months; one month, if the companion snores. After your mission, the person who takes up two-thirds of the bed, leaves shoes all over the house, and puts away the vital papers that you keep in twenty-nine neat stacks on the bedroom floor.
- Eternal investigator - An investigator who takes the discussions repeatedly, often for years, without ever joining the Church. Sometimes, though not always, this is because the investigator simply enjoys the company of missionaries. Missionaries are counseled to limit the amount of time they spend with eternal investigators and to focus on more immediate prospects. (But eternal investigators are usually so much more interesting than the other kind!)
- Eternal life* Exaltation in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom; often spoken of as "eternal lives."
- Eternal Lives
- Eternal Increase
- Eternal Marriage
- Eternal Progression: Endless increase in glory and dominion.
- Eternal Round or One Eternal Round
- Eternal Smile
- eternally
- eternity A synonym for "endless" as contrasted to things of mortality.
- Ether
- ETTE
- evangelist* The office of patriarch in the Melchizedek Priesthood.
- evangelical
- Eve
- even = as in ...thy Son, even the Lord Jesus Christ (Hinckley genitive)
- Every knee shall bow
- Every member a missionary
- Every tongue confess
- evidence
- Evil
- Ex
- ex-Mo
- exaltation* Attainment of the highest degree of glory in the celestial kingdom.
- example
- exceedingly
- Excommunicate - To remove someone from the church. This is similar to excommunication in the Catholic Church, but it does not force eternal damnation. An excommunicate may repent and be rebaptized into the Church. This is the harshest action a Church court can take.
- Excommunication - A disciplinary action against a Church member in which membership is withdrawn.
- Exed
- exercise faith
- excellent
- Ex-Mormon or Exmormon:* Apostates-R-Us. Perdition Mission. The Church of the Latter-Day-Down-to-Earth People. Hellots.
- Exodus
- Executive Secretary
- experience
- extermination order
- eyes of your understanding
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- F&M -- Fast and Testimony Meeting
- FAIR
- faith
- Faith in Every Footstep
- Faith in Jesus Christ
- Faith promoting
- Faith promoting rumor:* Something that didn't happen or isn't true that we pretend did happen or is true, because it makes us feel good. Mormon urban legend.
- faithful
- faithfully
- faithfulness
- Fall, The
- Fall of Adam
- Fall of Adam and Eve
- Fallen Angel
- Fallible
- false
- false doctrine
- family
- family-centered
- family-centered activity
- Families are forever
- Families Can Be Together Forever
- Family, The: A Proclamation to the World
- Family Group Sheet
- Family History - Activity in the LDS Church that involves tracing one's lineage and composing ancestral histories.
- Family History Center
- Family History Library* The Church's repository of genealogical and historical data, the largest of its kind in the world, with branch libraries in more than 1,400 stake centers.
- Family Home Evening:* FHE. A program in which families gather (usually on Monday evening) for family-centered spiritual training and social activities. - A day set aside for families to be together, and used to study scripture, etc. Usually Monday evenings.
- Family is forever
- Family Organizations
- Family Prayer
- Family Preparedness
- Family Registry(TM) A service provided by the Family History Department of the Church to help people who are doing research on the same family lines to cooperate and share results.
- Family Reunion
- Family Services -- aka LDS Family Services (current name for LDS Social Services)
- Family Tree
- FamilySearch An automated computer system designed to simplify the task of family history research.
- Family Ward
- farewell - See mission farewell.
- FARMS
- Fast - To go without food for a specific purpose. In L.D.S. circles, this means skipping usually one or two meals in an act of discipline designed to tame the bodily appetites and bring a person more in tune with spiritual things. Fasting is normally coupled with prayer, and very often people fast when they are in need of a special sort of help from God, as a way to make their prayers more effective. It may also facilitate the sort of kinesthetic hallucinations which many people interpret as spiritual visitations. See also fast-and-testimony meeting, fast offering, Fast Sunday.
- fast-and-testimony meeting - A testimony meeting held on Fast Sundays in place of the normal sacrament meeting, where the time normally given over to sermons is devoted to allowing volunteers from the congregation to bear their testimonies. Suffering hungry through a fast-and-testimony meeting is one of the most agonizing ordeals that Mormons are required to undergo.
- Fast Day
- Fast Offering* Donation of at least the value of meals not eaten on fast Sunday, given to the bishop for the relief of the needy. - In L.D.S. culture, a necessary accompaniment to fasting in which the faster donates to the Church an amount of money equal to or greater than the cost of the skipped meals. The money is earmarked directly for assistance to the poor (not a bad idea, actually). Think of it as "guilt money." On Fast Sundays, deacons are sent from house to house to troll for fast offerings from inactive members.
- Fast Sunday - In the L.D.S. Church, the one Sunday set aside per month when all members who are physcially able to fast are expected to do so. See also fast-and-testimony meeting, fast offering. - Usually the first Sunday of each month, on which Church members refrain from food or drink for two meals and donate the equivalent cost to the Church to assist the poor and needy. The sacrament meeting on each fast Sunday, called fast and testimony meeting, is devoted to the voluntary bearing of testimony by members. - A Sunday during which members fast. The Fasting is supposed to also be a spiritual time. This is usually the first Sunday of the month. Traditionally the money that would have been used for food is made as a contribution to the hungry (Called a Fast Offering.). Participation is left to people's judgement, so that people with medical conditions, and children, may participate in a lesser degree (or not at all). This was originally Thursdays, but the British moved it to Sunday in the British isles to avoid having laborers have to do hard work without food on a workday. The body of the Church later followed suit.
- Fasting
- Father
- Father and Sons Campout
- Father in Heaven
- Father in Israel
- Father in Zion
- Father's Blessing
- Fear of God
- feeble knees
- feel the spirit
- feelings
- fellowship
- Fellowshipping Members* The activity of encouraging established Church members to help new or inactive members to participate in Church practices.
- Fellowshipping
- fence sitter
- Fetch:* Mormon exclamation meaning to "mess up". Slang for the F word. See also: Flip. A word used by Mormon missionaries the world over as an all-purpose substitute for the F word. Synonymous with "flip."
- FHC - Family History Center
- FHE - Family Home Evening
- FIH - Father in Heaven
- field - See mission field.
- fill
- filling the canteen = a boy trying to kiss as many girls as he can before he leaves for his mission
- Final Judgment
- Financial Clerk
- Firelights -- name give to the 10-year-old girl primary class from 1959 to the 1970s; In 1960, this was the 10-year-old Primary girls.
- Firesides* Informal gatherings of Church members and friends, often in homes and usually on Sundays, that feature a speaker or program of a spiritual theme. Occasionally Churchwide firesides are held under the direction of the First Presidency. An evening Church service in which a touchie-feelie speaker addresses a group of Latter-day Saints on a gospel-related topic. The earliest firesides were held in people's homes -- thus the name -- and while some still are, the term has broadened to include any evening address, whether it be in a family room or in a chapel or via satellite from Salt Lake City.
- firm
- Firm Foundation
- First Contact:* The first meeting when the missionaries meet their investigator.
- First Counselor - In the Mormon ecclesiastical hierarchy, the first of usually two assistants called to aid a bishop, a stake president, etc., in the administration of his assigned jurisdiction, i.e., ward, stake, and so forth. See also bishopric, First Presidency, stake presidency.
- First Elder
- First Estate
- First Hour
- First Ministry of Jesus Christ
- First Presidency of the Church
- First Presidency, the - The supreme governing body of the L.D.S. Church, consisting of a president (or prophet) and an unspecified number of counselors, usually two.
- First Presidency* The President of the Church and his counselors; the highest ranking quorum in the Church.
- first principles and ordinances of the gospel* Faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion in water for the remission of sins, and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- First Principles of the Gospel
- First Quorum of the Seventy, the - A governing body of the L.D.S. Church subordinate only to the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- First Vision* The initial appearance of God the Father and Jesus Christ to Joseph Smith in the spring of 1820 near Palmyra, New York, marking the beginning of the restoration of the gospel.
- Firstborn of God
- FIS - Financial Information System. Name of old DOS-based software for local unit financial management.
- Five Points of Fellowship
- the 500 -- the Mormon Batallion
- FKAM -- Formerly Known as Mormon
- FLDS
- Flaming Sword
- flesh
- flesh and bone
- Flip:* Mormon exclamation meaning to "mess up". Slang for many common curse words. See also: Fetch. A word used by Mormon missionaries the world over as an all-purpose substitute for the s word. Synonymous with "fetch."
- FM Group - Facilities Management Group
- follow
- Follow the Brethren* Heeding the counsel of local and general leaders of the Church.
- Follow the Prophet
- following
- FoMo:* Formerly Mormon.
- font
- Food Storage - Organic substances which promote good health among the brethren, not by consumption, but through a rigorous weightlifting program. A supply of food necessary to sustain life for a year. Church leaders encourage members, where possible, to store food, clothing, fuel, and other items in preparation for emergencies.
- for the strength of the hills
- For time
- For time and all eternity
- forbidden
- Foreknowledge of God
- Foreordination* The doctrine that individuals were called and set apart in the premortal existence to perform certain roles in mortal life, should they so choose.
- forever
- forgive
- forgiven
- forgiveness
- forgotten
- form
- form of godliness
- Former Mormon
- foundation
- foyer
- Foyer Mormon
- FP - First Presidency
- FPM -- Faith Promoting Rumor
- Freaking:* Mormon acceptable alternative to the f word. See also "Friggin."
- free
- Free Agency - The L.D.S. belief in every person's absolute right to choose his or her own beliefs and actions.
- Freedom
- fresh courage take
- Frick or Frickin':* A word used by contemporary mormons as a surrogate for the f word.
- Friday Nighters -- Ogden-based post-WWII Singles program
- Friend, The* Since 1971, the Church periodical for children.
- friendship
- Frigging (or freaking):* A euphemism for the "F" word.
- from eternity to eternity
- fruitcake = at BYU spaz, fruity, and fruitcake mean crazy and not gay.
- fruity = at BYU spaz, fruity, and fruitcake mean crazy and not gay.
- FS -- Fast Sunday
- FTM -- Fast and testimony meeting
- fulfill
- full-time
- fullness
- Fullness of the Gospel* The doctrine, ordinances, authority, and organization necessary to enable individuals to attain salvation.
- fullness of times
- Fundamental Principles
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints, The
- Fundamentalist Mormons:* these both practice and believe in plural marriages and hold to very fundamental teachings taught by early church leaders like Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and John Taylor.
- Fundamentalists:* Fundies. People who still actually practice historical Mormon doctrine. - Sects of Mormonism that continued to support polygamy after revelation removed the principle from the church. Sometimes used to mean any sects that split off to refuse to follow newer revelations.
- funeral
- funeral potatoes
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- g.a. - See general authority. 2. Nickname used by missionaries for the Catholic Church: “The reason we don’t baptize much here is because everybody belongs to the G.A.” (See great and abominable church.)
- g's - Slang for garments.
- g-line
- GA's - See general authority.
- Gabriel A person spoken of in Daniel 8:16 and Luke 1:11-19, identified as Noah by the Prophet Joseph Smith.
- Gadianton
- Gadianton Robbers
- Gambling
- garden
- Garden of Eden
- Garden of Gethsemane
- Garment
- Garment of the Priesthood
- Garments - The sacred underclothing worn by many Mormons as a reminder of the covenants undertaken in the Temple as part of the endowment ceremony. The garments are to be worn at all times -- except during bathing, sports, and certain other activities -- and are not to be shown to or handled by non-members. Despite apocryphal claims that Mormons killed in various types of accidents have suffered no injury on the parts of their bodies covered by the garments, the Church teaches that the garments offer only spiritual and not physical protection.
- garmies -- Slang term for garments
- Gathering, The
- Gathering of Israel
- gator - slang for "investigator."
- Gaynotes -- name given to the 9-year-old girls primary classes from 1959 until the 1970s; The 9-year-old Primary girls in 1959 used this title, as part of the revised Liahonas (Little Homemakers) girls program.
- Gazelem
- GEDCOM
- gem -- i.e., sacrament gems, gems of thought, etc.
- Genealogical Work:* Mormons have been taught that they must research out their relatives. They fill out family group sheets and pedigree charts to establish links to the past. They present these records to the Mormon temple so that people can be baptized by proxy for the dead, then later adult "temple Mormons" will go through an endowment session by proxy for the relative. Later others will go into a sealing room and by proxy have entire families sealed together so they can be together in the Celestial Kingdom.
- Genealogy
- General Authority - Catch-all term for a member of any of the governing bodies of the L.D.S. Church, including the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy, and the Presiding Bishopric. Also applies to the Patriarch of the Church. Often shortened to g.a.
- general auxiliary presidents
- general auxiliary presidencies
- General Board
- General Conference General assemblies of Church members in Salt Lake City, regularly convened every April and October.
- General Conference Reports:* Chloroform in print. Statistics only making sense when viewed with your "spiritual eyes."
- General Conference Talks
- General Handbook of Instructions - A regularly updated "policy and procedures" manual for Church leaders. Replaced by the "Church Handbook of Instructions."
- General Priesthood Broadcast
- General Relief Society Broadcast
- General Relief Society Presidency
- General Relief Society Presidents
- Gentile - An individual who is not a Mormon - yet. - Used to refer to any non-Mormon. This is a non-stigmatic term, as opposed to "heathen." - According to the context in which it is used, the following meanings are possible for Latter-day Saints: (1) one not of the lineage of Israel; (2) a non-Latter-day Saint; (3) one who is not Jewish; (4) one who is not a Lamanite. - Originally meant non-Jewish. Later someone not Jewish and not Mormon. Sometimes used to mean non-Mormon, although this may not be officially condoned.
- GEO Codes - The codes set up and used by local units to group members into geographic areas, usually to analyze how a unit might be divided.
- Gethsemane
- GHI - General Handbook of Instructions
- Gideon
- Gift of the Holy Ghost
- Gift of Tongues
- Gifts of the Spirit
- Gilead. Balm of
- Gilgal
- girl's camp
- give
- give a talk
- give said the little stream
- Gleaners -- Young women department in the church's MIA program, for ages 17-23, that began in 1921.
- glorified
- glorified body of flesh and bones
- glory
- glory of God is intelligence
- go and do
- goal
- God the Father
- God:* an exalted man who once lived on a planet like ours and proved obedient. He received "priesthood" and went through a temple having his family sealed to him. He and his wives are having spiritual babies for other planets as his kingdom eternally expands "eternal progression." Mormons believe in a trinity of purpose not substance. Doctrine & Covenants 130:3 reads "the appearance of the Father and Son in that verse [Jn 14:23], is a personal appearance; and the idea that the Father and Son dwell in a man's heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false." Later in the same section in verse 22 Smith wrote "the Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us." In the current temple endowment, as in the past, God the Father is introduced as being "Elohim," God the Son is introduced as "Jehovah," and the "Michael" is introduced as the third major person among the gods of creation. Many Mormons believe Michael was Adam's premortal name.
- God-given
- God's Plan
- God's Will
- Godhead:* "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us." Doctrine and Covenants 130:22 "I will preach on the plurality of Gods. I have selected this text for that express purpose. I wish to declare I have always and in all congregations when I have preach on the subject of the Deity, it has been the plurality of Gods. It has been preached by the Elders for fifteen years."
- Godhood
- Godly sorrow
- Gold Plates* The anciently engraved metal plates from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon.
- Golden - A term applied to investigators who are primed and ready to join the Church, often before even meeting the missionaries, and for whom taking the discussions is merely a formality before baptism.
- Golden Bible:* see Mormon Bible.
- Golden Contact
- Golden Gleaner
- Golden Opportunity
- Golden Plates, the - The engraved record delivered by the angel Moroni to the prophet Joseph Smith, from which the Book of Mormon was purportedly translated. The plates were seen by only a few select witnesses, whose testimony can be found in the front of current editions of the Book of Mormon. Shortly after the work of translation was complete, Moroni returned and took the plates back to whatever dimension he originally came from. - The original documents from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon.
- Golden Questions
- goodly parents
- Gospel* The "good news" of redemption through Jesus Christ; the principles and ordinances of the plan of salvation.
- Gospel Doctrine
- Gospel Doctrine Class
- Gospel Essentials Class
- Gospel Geek
- Gospel of Abraham
- Gospel of Jesus Christ
- Gospel Principles
- gospel standards
- Grace:* Divine help given through the mercy of Jesus Christ. It is an enabling power that allows men and women to receive eternal life and exaltation after they have expended their own best efforts.
- grave
- graven image
- Great and Abominable Church* All assemblies, congregations, or associations of people not authorized by God and that fight against God and his purposes
- Great and Spacious Building
- Great Apostasy
- Green meal -- slang for first dinner appointment a new missionary attends.
- Greenie - A term applied to new missionaries based on the metaphor of un-ripened fruit. Because, unlike other missionaries, they are not yet sweet, round and soft in the middle. - Greenhorn. A missionary new to the field, freshly arrived from the M.T.C. Butt of jokes and victim of mostly harmless initiation rites.
- greenie area - slang for first area a missionary works in.
- grief
- grove of trees
- guardian of virtue
- guide - name give to 11-year-old class in primary from the 1920s to the 1970s.
- Guilt
[edit] H
- Habit
- Hagoth
- hand of fellowship
- hand of god
- Handbook
- Handcart
- Handcart Companies
- hanging by a thread
- happiness
- Happy Valley
- harm or accident -- phrase commonly used in prayer
- hastening, the -- the accelerated missionary work that began with the missionary age change or publication of Preach my Gospel
- hastening the work
- haystack -- comfort food in which everything available is thrown in
- HC - History of the Church; High Council
- Head of the Church
- heal
- healing
- healing of the sick
- health
- Hear - as in let them that have ears hear.
- Heart
- Heart, Might, Mind and Strength
- Heaven* (1) The dwelling place of God; (2) any kingdom of glory.
- Heavenly Father
- Heavenly Mother
- heavy petting
- Heck:* Mormons avoid saying "Hell"
- Heirs
- Helaman
- Hell* (1) The condition of misery one may feel after sinning; (2) the temporary dwelling place of the unrepentant till the judgment day.
- Herms -- slang for Sister Missionaries, from Hermanas
- Hie:* What you have to do to get to Kolob.
- High Council* A group of twelve high priests (and sometimes alternates) who help direct the affairs of a stake.
- High Council Speaker
- High councilor
- high on a mountain top
- High Priest:* worthy adult male leaders who have proven worthy elders. They "administer" ward and stake leadership as a bishops, high counselors, or stake presidencies. - An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood.
- High Priest Group
- High Priest Group Leader
- High Priest Group Leadership
- High Priest Group Counselor
- High Priest Group Secretary
- High Priest Quorum
- High Priest Quorum President
- Higher criticism
- Higher law, a - The authority to which Mormons appeal when the laws of the land inconvenience the fulfillment of their desires. Nowhere mentioned in Joseph Smith's twelfth Article of Faith: "We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law."
- Highest degree (of the celestial kingdom)
- Hill Cumorah
- Hill Cumorah Pageant
- Hireling clergy - archaic term for paid clergy
- Historical Specialist - Person responsible for preparing the annual historical reports.
- History
- hold
- hold to the rod
- hold fast to that which is good
- holder
- Holiness
- Holy Ghost* The third member of the Godhead, a personage of Spirit.
- Holy of Holies
- Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit of Promise
- home
- Home Builders -- name given to the oldest girl classes (ages 9 to 11) in primary from the 1920s to 1940.
- Home Teachers - The men in the ward are paired up and asked to visit usually three to four families each month. They are supposed to talk with the families, and give a lesson. Home teachers are supposed to provide extra support for those families, be aware of their needs and help in any way they can. - Generally a Priesthood Leaders assign a home teacher (male) to every family in a ward, and the Relief Society President assigns a Visiting teacher (female) to each family in the ward that has an adult female in residence. These people visit once a month, and bring a spiritual message, and help out with problems. (For example they've been known to help families move, assist the sick, etc.)
- Home Teaching A Church program in which priesthood holders regularly visit assigned homes of members.
- home teaching room -- the room in the home where home teachers are received (i.e., living room??)
- homemaking One of three areas of emphasis in the Relief Society of the Church.
- honeybee
- honor
- Honor Code of BYU
- hooked-up = beginning an exclusive dating relationship; getting married
- Hope
- Hope of Israel
- Hosanna Shout
- Hot drinks: * (Word of Wisdom) Including iced tea and coffee, but not hot soup or hot chocolate.
- How Firm a Foundation
- HP - High Priest
- House of Israel
- HT - Home Teacher
- Humanist
- Humanitarian Aid
- Humanitarian Center
- humble
- Humility
- Humor - need to include lightmindedness
- hump day - The halfway point in a mission. For an elder, this comes one year into his mission; for a sister, it comes nine months into hers.
- Hymn
- Hymn Book
- Hymnal
- Hymns and Hymnody
- Hypocrisy
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- I AM
- I know the Church is true
- I need thee every hour
- I Testify
- I'd Be Remiss
- Immaculate Conception
- Immersion
- Immigration and Emigration
- Immortal
- Immortality
- Immortality and Eternal Life
- imperfect
- Improve
- Improvement
- Improvement Era, The* An official publication of the Church, 1897-1970.
- In the Name of
- In the twinkling of an eye
- In Times of Famine
- Inactive
- Inactive Mormon
- Inactivity
- Inappropriate
- increase
- Independence (Missouri)
- Indian student placement* The practice of bringing LDS American Indian children to live in LDS homes during the school year. Also known as Indian Student Placement Program or Indian Student Placement Services
- Indicate by the Uplifted Hand
- Individual Ordinance Summary
- Infant Baptism
- infinite
- influence
- inhabitant
- inheritance
- innocence
- Inspiration
- Inspire
- inspiring
- inspirational
- Inspired Version (of the Bible) Another name for the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.
- Institute
- Institute of Religion* Weekday religious instruction for students attending colleges, universities, and other postsecondary schools. College and university outreaches with college level course work which are often accepted by students transferring to LDS colleges and universities.
- instruction -- i.e., Church teachings, or "instructions from local or general authorities"
- Instructor, the
- instrument (in his hands)
- Intellectual Reserve
- Intelligence
- Intelligences
- Interest -- i.e., increase (for tithing)
- Interfaith Relationships
- International Genealogical Index or IGI
- Internet Mormon
- Internet Mormonism
- interpret
- interpreters
- Interview
- introduce
- Investigating
- Investigator - A prospective member of the L.D.S. Church, usually one who is being actively taught the discussions by the missionaries. A person who is interested in the Church and is receiving missionary instruction.
- invitation
- invocation
- IOS - Individual Ordinance Summary
- Iron Rod An image from Lehi's dream in the Book of Mormon, meaning "the word of God"-suggesting straitness and security.
- Iron Rod Mormon
- Irreantum
- Israel* (1) Members of the Church; (2) the Old Testament patriarch Jacob and his descendants.
- Israelite
- It came to pass
- IV - Inspired Version
- Ivory Tower -- Church Office Building (former Mormon slang)
[edit] J
- Jack Mormon - Once a term which referred to a non-member friendly toward the Church. Now refers to a Mormon who does not practice Church teachings and does not bother to conceal the fact, as by publicly smoking and drinking, or by having too much fun on a Sunday. - Someone claiming to be Mormon, but not following the teachings. Historically the term started out meaning a non-Mormon friendly to the Church, but the meaning has changed over the years.
- Jackson County (Missouri)
- Jacob
- James
- Jaredite
- Jarom
- Jay Dub - Mission slang for a Jehovah's Witness. So derived from a shortening of the initials J.W.
- Jehovah - Another name for Jesus Christ, particularly in the Old Testament.
- Jehovah's Witnesses:* Like Mormons, but without the weirder bits.
- Jello Belt: * Area of land from Rexburg, Idaho to Snowflake, Arizona (see Zion Curtain).
- Jello
- Jerusalem
- Jesus Christ
- Jesus Jammies - slang term for garments.
- Jesus police
- Jesus wants me for a sunbeam
- Jets -- slang term for garments.
- Jew
- Jill Mormon - rarely used term for an inactive female member. Female version of Jack Mormon.
- Job
- JoD -- Journal of Discourses
- John
- John the Baptist
- Johnny Lingo
- Johnny Mormon:* Gentile term meaning a typical Mormon. The male version of Molly Mormon cf similar forms like John Doe, Johnny Reb, etc.
- Johnston's Army
- Join
- Joining the Church
- Joseph or Brother Joseph
- Joseph Smith
- Joseph Smith Memorial Building
- Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible aka JST* The translation of the Bible by Joseph Smith, begun in 1830, which resulted in his receiving many doctrinal revelations.
- Joseph, the Seer
- Josephite:* A follower of Joseph Smith III, the son of Joseph Smith Jr. They formed a larger group than the Brighamites originally, and did not head to Utah. They became the RLDS, now known as the Community of Christ.
- Journal
- Journal of Discourses* A collection of sermons by LDS leaders, 1854-1886 (26 volumes); it is not an official source for Church doctrine.
- JS - Joseph Smith
- JST - Joseph Smith Translation
- JSV - Joseph Smith Version (aka Joseph Smith Translation)
- jubilee
- Judas Iscariot
- Judge
- Judge in Israel
- Judged
- Judges
- Judgment
- Judgment Day, Final
- Junior
- Junior companion
- Junior Sunday School — A standard church program for about 50 years, starting in 1933.
- Just Do It
- Justice
- Justification
- Juvenile Instructor
- JW -- Joehovah's Witness
[edit] K
- Keep the Faith
- Keeping a Journal
- Keeping the Sabbath
- Key or Keys
- Keys of the Priesthood* The right to exercise or direct authority, perform ordinances, or to preside over a priesthood function, quorum, or Church organization.
- keystone
- Kicker - Washington Spokane Mission slang for a lazy missionary who habitually breaks the rules. This may be derived from the New Testament passage in which the Lord appears to Saul on the road to Damascus and says, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (Acts 9:5). Then again, perhaps it's derived from the simple phrase "to kick back," meaning "to relax." Beats me. See also bucket.
- Kinderhook plates
- King Benjamin
- King Follett Discourse
- King James Version
- Kingdom
- Kingdom builder
- Kingdom of God* (1) God's dominion; (2) the Church; (3) the political government of God.
- Kirtland (Ohio)
- KJV - King James Version
- knee
- kneel
- knock
- knock and it shall be opened unto you
- know
- knowledge
- Kolob - According to Mormon mythology, the star about which orbits the planet on which God lives.
- Korihor
- KSL Radio
[edit] L
- L.D.S. - See Latter-Day Saint.
- Laban
- Lady missionary
- Laman and Lemuel
- Lamanites* (1) An Israelite people in the Book of Mormon, descendants of Joseph of Egypt through Lehi and Ishmael; (2) today, many American Indians.
- Lamb of God
- Land of Promise
- language ward
- la/rc - prounounced lark - missionary slang for "less active/recent convert" -- statistic used in missionary reports
- Large of Stature
- Larks - name given to the 9-year-old girls primary class from the 1920s until 1959; Primary girls, age 9, used this name in 1929.
- Last Days
- Last Judgment
- Last Supper
- lasting happiness
- Laurel
- latter-day
- Latter-Day Saint - Member of the Mormon Church. Taken from the Church's official moniker. Used in abbreviation as an adjectivial reference to things Mormon; See also Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The, saint.
- Latter-day Saint Student Association, social organization for LDS college students
- Latter-days
- law
- Law of Adoption
- Law of Chastity
- Law of Consecration
- Law of Moses
- Lay clergy
- lay hands on
- Laying on of Hands The placing of hands by those holding priesthood authority on the head of a member to confer authority, office, calling, or blessing.
- LDS
- LDS Bookstores
- LDS Church
- LDS Employment
- LDS Employment Center
- LDS Family Services
- LDS Inc.
- LDSSA -- Latter-day Saint Student Association, social organization for LDS college students
- LDS Scriptures
- ldsconf - hashtag used on Twitter to identify tweets about the LDS Church's General Conference.
- lead
- Lead the Music
- lead kindly light
- leader
- leader roulette -- the tendency of leaders to make different decisions in similar circumstances.
- Leadership conference - A regular series of training meetings for the district leaders, zone leaders, and assistants to the president in a mission.
- Leadership Training
- learn
- leave
- Lectures on Faith
- Legend - A missionary whose successes and/or exploits were so amazing and inspirational that his fame lives on in the mission long after his release -- sometimes for years afterward. Most legends tend to accrete around righteous, upright missionaries, though it is rumored that there exists a subculture in which legendary tales of bold rulebreaking are passed down from one generation of elders to the next. But I wouldn't know anything about that.
- Lengthen Your Stride
- Leopard Sweat:* [DAW] Moonshine -> Valley Tan.
- Less Active
- less active/recent convert
- Less Valiant In The Pre-Existence
- Letting your light so shine
- Levitical Priesthood* The lesser priesthood. (See also Aaronic Priesthood.)
- Liahona
- Liahona Magazine
- Liahona Mormon
- Liberal Mormon
- Liberty Jail
- Library
- Librarian
- Life
- Life and Death, Spiritual
- Lift Where You Stand
- Light
- Light and Darkness
- Light of Christ.* The power of Christ infused in all creation.
- light of the gospel
- Light-Mindedness
- Lihomas -- name given to the older girls primary classes (covering ages 9 to 11) from 1940 until the 1970s. Lihoma is a contraction from 'Little Home Makers.'
- like unto us
- Line of authority (1) A priesthood bearer's "priesthood lineage," that is, a sequential listing of ordinations tracing one's own priesthood authority through priesthood leaders to the apostles and Jesus Christ.
- Lineage of Cain
- Linger Longer
- little factory
- Living Christ, The
- Living in the Latter-days
- living prophet
- living water
- loins
- lone and dreary world
- Long suffering
- Lord
- Lord's Anointed
- Lord's Prayer
- Lord's Supper
- Lost Scripture
- Loud Laughter
- Love
- Love at home
- LTM - (obsolete) Language Training Mission (now the Missionary Training Center)
- LUBA - Local Unit Budget Allowance
- Lucifer
- Luke
- LUWS -- Local Unit Web Site
[edit] M
- M-Men — Young men department in the church's MIA program, for ages 17-23, that began in 1921.
- M.T.C. - See Missionary Training Center.
- Made Manifest
- magic underwear -- slang term for garments.
- magnify
- Magnifying One's Calling or magnify your calling * Doing more than the minimum required.
- Mahana
- Mahonri Moriancumr
- Mainstreaming -- Church's acting in ways that seem more Christian
- Main Street Plaza
- Malachi
- Man
- man is that he might have joy
- Man of Holiness
- Man's Search for Happiness
- manifest it
- Manifesto
- Manifesto of 1890 * The pronouncement that the Church had officially ended the practice of polygamy.
- mantle
- mantle of the prophet
- Manuscript, Lost 116 Pages
- many are called
- Mark
- Marriage by Proxy
- Marriage Supper of the Lamb
- Marriage, Eternal * The doctrine that the bonds of marriage may continue into the eternities if a man and a woman are sealed in a temple and continue faithful to their covenants.
- Marriage
- married
- married for time
- married for time and all eternity
- married in the temple
- married ward
- Marriott Center
- marrow
- Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith * The murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27, 1844.
- Martyrdom of Joseph Smith
- Martyrdom of Joseph Standing
- Martyrs
- Marvelous work and a wonder A reference to a prophecy of Isaiah (29:1-14) concerning the restoration of the gospel and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon.
- Mary
- master, The
- mast M Men
- master mahan
- Materials center
- Matrix, The
- Matthew
- MAV * Mormon Assault Vehicle. Short for Mormon-owned mini-vans full of blond-haired children.
- MBT * Member by Tradition, as opposed to TBM - True Believing Mormon.
- McTemple -- slang for smaller Temples introduced in 1990s
- measure of their creation
- meat mormon
- meekness
- meet a challenge
- meet needs
- meeting
- Meetinghouse
- Meetinghouse library
- Meganacle
- Melchizedek
- Melchizedek Priesthood * The higher priesthood, including the offices of elder, seventy, high priest, patriarch, and apostle, and focused upon the spiritual things of the gospel (cf. with Aaronic Priesthood). all worthy adult males hold this priesthood. Offices within the Melchizedek priesthood are elder, seventy, high priest, patriarch and apostle. This priesthood is extremely important to Mormons and particularly as it applies to the temple work.
- Member
- Member and Leadership Services
- member missionary work
- Membership
- Membership Clerk
- Membership Record
- merciful
- Mercy
- Mericat:* [DAW] Native term for non-Mormon Anglo (from "American"?)
- Meridian of Time - The era in which Jesus Christ lived. The term is derived from the fact that time, in Western civilization, is measured backward and forward from the approximate date of his birth.
- Merrihands -- name given to the 11-year-old girls primary classes from 1959 until the 1970s; Eleven-year-old girls in 1959 were called Merrihands.
- Merry Misses — What 9-year-old Primary girls were once called.
- message
- messenger
- Messenger and Advocate
- Messiah
- MIA
- Mia Maid
- Michael The archangel, - identified in LDS teachings as Adam.*
- Middle-way Mormon
- Mid-Single Adults -- current term for single adults 31-45
- Mid-Singles Branch
- Mid-Singles Ward
- Mi-kan—wees — Starting in 1929, this was the name for 12- and 13-year-old girls.
- Milk before Meat
- Milk Mormon
- Millennial Star * The official publication of the Church in the United Kingdom, 1840-1970.
- Millennium
- Mini-Temple
- minister
- ministering angel
- ministry
- MINO -- Mormon in Name Only
- Miracle of forgiveness
- Miracles
- mired oxen
- MIS - Membership Information System - Old DOS-based local unit membership software
- Mishie:* Slang for Mormon Elder or Sister serving full time as a missionary.
- Missing Pages
- Mission - (1) The period of service, usually two years, in which a young man or woman gives up a real life in exchange for serving the Lord. (2) Also used to denote a single geographical region, administered by a mission president, in which missionaries are assigned to serve.
- Mission Call - The official notice a prospective missionary receives of where he will be assigned to labor. See also call, calling.
- mission conference
- Mission Farewell - The Sunday church meeting at which a departing missionary offers his testimony before entering the Missionary Training Center. Mission farewells used to be more elaborate affairs than they are now. Both of the departing missionary's parents would also speak during the program, and other family members would be likely to perform musical numbers or offer prayers. In recent years, the general authorities have attempted to scale down mission farewells, particularly by not permitting family members to plan the program and by discouraging families from holding "open houses" after the meetings. Predictably, given the social nature of the Mormon animal, that's one of the dicta from Salt Lake that hasn't gone over very well.
- Mission Homecoming
- Mission field - Metaphorical term used by Mormons to indicate the non-specific place where missionary work takes place -- as distinguished from the places where they live. Derived from a passage in the Doctrine and Covenants, referring to the great number of souls awaiting conversion, that says, "For behold the field is white already to harvest" (D & C 4:4).
- Mission Home - (1) The residence of a mission president and his family. (2) Predecessor of the MTC.
- Mission Office - The administrative headquarters of a mission.
- Mission Reunions - An event at which returned missionaries who served together under the same mission president gather. Usually held in conjunction with General Conference in April or October.
- Mission President - A leader appointed for a period of three years to oversee and administer a specific geographical mission of the Church, supervising usually one to two hundred missionaries.
- Missionary - A proselytizing representative of the L.D.S. Church. Most missionaries are young males who serve for a period of two years at their own expense -- or, more likely, at the expense of their families. Young women serve for a period of eighteen months, and older couples serve for six, twelve, or eighteen months. Young single men become eligible to serve missions at the age of nineteen, whereas young single woman (being, of course, encouraged to consider multiplying and replenishing the earth as a higher priority) are not eligible until the age of twenty-one. All young men are encouraged to go on missions -- and may find themselves censured by the community if they do not. Mission service is such an important rite of passage that many parents offer their sons what amounts to bribes in order to coax them into the field. It is not uncommon for returned missionaries to be rewarded with a car, with college tuition, or with, in my case, a newly finished bedroom all to himself in the attic of his family's house. Missionaries are expected to devote all their time and energy to the task of preaching the Restored Gospel. They dress and groom conservatively and are not permitted to engage in such worldly activities as dating, watching movies or television, reading newspapers, magazines, or books not officially approved for missionary consumption, listening to music not performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and any other pastime designed to stave off imminent insanity. Children are trained early to look forward to mission service, by learning to sing such songs as "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission" in Primary. See also "best two years of my life, the," elder, mission president, sister missionary.
- Missionary Assault Vehicle:* An ancient mountain bike with bald tires and no brakes.
- Missionary companion
- missionary companionship
- Missionary Couple
- Missionary Discussions Basic gospel lessons missionaries use to teach interested people about the Church and its doctrines.
- Missionary district
- Missionary haircut
- Missionary handbook
- Missionary Lessons
- Missionary name tag
- Missionary part -- A male hair style that requires the hair to be clean cut and have a part.
- Missionary Program
- missionary release certificate
- missionary style
- Missionary Training Center MTC * Centers where formally called missionaries are instructed and trained before departure to assigned missions. - A complex of dormitories and classrooms adjacent to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where newly called missionaries go for training before being sent to their assigned missions. Those learning to teach the discussions in their native tongues stay at the Missionary Training Center for three weeks. Those learning a foreign language stay for eight weeks. Usually shortened to M.T.C.
- Missionary Work - The act of attempting to convert souls to the Restored Gospel. All Mormons are encouraged to perform missionary work, though most prefer to leave it to the ordained missionaries.
- Missionary Zone
- Missionary
- Missions
- Missionspeak
- Missouri
- MLS - Member and Leader Services - current software for managing unit membership and finances.
- MMM:* Mountain Meadow Massacre.
- Mob
- MOB -- Men on Bikes
- Modest
- Modest Clothing
- Modest is hottest
- Modesty
- Modesty in Dress
- Moho, meaning Mormon homosexual.
- moisture (as opposed to rain, snow, etc.)
- Molly - A perjorative adjective referring to behavior typical of a dewy-eyed Mormon girl; e.g., "Buying herself a sewing machine was such a Molly thing for my wife to do." Derived by shortening Molly Mormon
- Molly Mormon:* Derogatory name for the stereotypical young Mormon female. Sometimes shortened simply to "Molly." See also Peter Priesthood.
- Molly Priesthood - derogatory term for a strong faithful woman who act as if she has the priesthood.
- Mollywood:* Salt Lake City. Relief Society. Brigham Young Studios. Mormon themed film production including: The RM, Singles Ward, The Book of Mormon Movie, The Work and the Glory, Seminary videos, church PR campaign segments, etc.
- moonbeams -- 3-year-old primary class in the 1950s and 1960s; A past nickname for Sunbeams, the youngest Primary class.
- Moonstone
- Mopologist:* A Mormon apologist.
- moral -- sexualy pure
- moral agency
- morality
- Morg:* Mormon ORGanization. An unthinking member of the Church. This has its origin in Star Trek the Next Generation. "The Borg" are a collective of various different humanoid species which have been "assimilated" into a huge community. Each member of the collective is incapable of individuality. All actions are determined by the collective mind and are for the benefit of the collective, its future existence, and continual growth. The Borg are characterized by their cold lack of compassion or emotion, and ruthless pursuit of the goals of the collective, if necessary at the expense of the individual "drones" or members of the collective. Morg = Mormon + Borg. Also, Morg is a homonym for Morgue, representing death of the individual or spirit which often results in fully submitting one's will to the Church.
- Morgbot -- individual member of the morg; an unthinking Mormon
- Mormanism - common misspelling of Mormonism
- Mormanity:* The Latter-day Saint sub-section of humanity. Wherever two or more Mormons gather. The state of Utah.
- Mormo-American
- Mormon - A prophet of ancient America, according to L.D.S. teachings. Compiler and abridger of the original engraved plates from which the Book of Mormon was purportedly translated. Also, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, so nicknamed due to belief in the divine nature of the Book of Mormon, or an adverbial reference to things related to the Church.
- Mormon Assault Vehicle or MAV:* A Chrysler or Dodge mini-van.
- Mormon baptism
- Mormon Battalion
- Mormon Bible:* Gentile name for Book of Mormon, also called golden because of the plates. Can be found in some early sources about the religion. An old Western expression according to DAW is "to take a davy on the Mormon Bible", meaning to swear on something considered worthless or stupid, by non-Mormons.
- Mormon Blanket:* [RA] Patchwork quilt made of smaller scraps.
- Mormon-Brake:* [D.A.W] A log tied behind a cart to slow it down when going downhill.
- Mormon-Buckskin: [RA] Baling wire.
- Mormon-Buggy: [D.A.W] Light springed wagon with fringed top.
- Mormon Church
- Mormon Corridor
- Mormon Cricket
- Mormon Culture
- Mormon-Derrick: [RA] Type of crane for lifting hay off carts.
- Mormon-Dip: [RA] Milk gravy.
- Mormon-Dog: [DAW] Can with pebbles used as a rattle to control cattle when no dogs are available.
- Mormondom: [DAW] – Mormon country, Utah and environs.
- Mormon Doctrine
- Mormon Domain
- Mormon Famous -- famous in the Mormon world
- Mormon Garments
- Mormon Handicraft
- Mormon Historian
- Mormon History
- Mormon History Library
- Mormon-Hobbles: [DAW] Hobbles made of metal like a puzzle to deter native rustlers.
- Mormon-Iron: [DAW] Rawhide.
- Mormon Legal -- old enough to date, i. e., 16 years old
- Mormon Miracle Pageant
- Mormon Missionaries
- Mormon Oiler:* Derog. Mormon Mexican.
- Mormon Pioneer Trail
- Mormon Pioneers
- Mormon Royalty
- Mormon Scripture
- Mormon Salute -- gesture made by Mormons constantly pulling garments out of their rears.
- Mormon Standard Time - Twenty minutes late. The LDS belief that time is merely a transient illusion associated with our mortal existence.
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir Broadcast ("The Spoken Word")
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir* The large lay choir that broadcasts weekly from Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
- Mormon Trail
- Mormon Trek
- Mormon undergarments
- Mormon underwear
- Mormon-Brake:*[D.A.W] A log tied behind a cart to slow it down when going downhill.
- Mormon-Buckskin:* [RA] Baling wire.
- Mormon-Buggy:* [D.A.W] Light springed wagon with fringed top.
- Mormon-Currency:* Carrots.
- Mormon-Derrick:* [RA] Type of crane for lifting hay off carts.
- Mormon-Dip:* [RA] Milk gravy.
- Mormon-Dog:* [DAW] Can with pebbles used as a rattle to control cattle when no dogs are available.
- Mormon-Hobbles:* [DAW] Hobbles made of metal like a puzzle to deter native rustlers.
- Mormon-Iron:* [DAW] Rawhide.
- Mormon-shirttail:* [RA] Short-sleeved shirt.
- Mormon-tangle:* [DAW] A packerís knot, also known as the ìsquaw hitchî.
- Mormon-tea:* [DAW] A brew made from plants of the genus "ephedra." (Although it contains no caffeine, it does contain ephedrine. Apparently drunk by some 19th Century Mormons.)
- Mormon-Tree - [DAW] The Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra), a fast growing tree used for hedging etc.
- Mormon - Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. So called because their best known book of scripture is the "Book of Mormon"
- Mormons * Unofficial terms for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members; members prefer to use the official name of the Church and to be referred to as Latter-day Saints.
- Mormonad
- Mormondom - [DAW] ñ Mormon country, Utah and environs.
- Mormoness - Old word for Mormon woman.
- Mormonism
- Mormonite :* Old word for Mormon.
- Mormonopoly - The Church's ownership and acquisition of non-religious real estate. Example: There's a Mormonopoly in downtown Salt Lake.
- Mormonry:* [DAW] Arch. Mormonism.
- Mormons
- Mormotone - The cadence of speech often used by General Authorities during talks, especially at General Conference.
- Moron -- derogatory reference to Mormons or to unthinking Mormons.
- Moroni - (1) A Nephite military leader, c. 60 Be; (2) a Book of Mormon prophet, c. AD 420 who in 1827, as a resurrected being, gave Joseph Smith the gold plates from which Joseph translated the Book of Mormon. A statue of Moroni is placed atop some LDS temples and on the hill Cumorah.
- Morpologist
- Mortal
- Mortality
- Morthodox
- Moses
- Mosiah
- MoTab - slang for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
- Mo-tard -- derogatory slang for Mormon
- mother
- Mother in Heaven - The teaching that spirits born on this earth have their premortal origins with a literal Heavenly Mother as well as a Heavenly Father.
- Mother in Israel
- Mother in Zion
- Mother's Room
- Motherhood
- Motrix - A society based on Mormon beliefs.
- Mount of Transfiguration
- Mountain Meadows Massacre - An incident in which certain Indian and Southern Utah Mormons participated in the massacre of a wagon train of immigrants passing through the Territory of Utah, 1857.
- mourn with those who mourn
- mouth - person who speaks for the group in a prayer or ordinance
- mouthpiece
- MP - Melchezidek Priesthood; Mission President
- MRN - Membership Record Number
- M.R.S. degree
- MST -- Mormon Standard Time
- MTC - The shortened name of the Mission Training Center. The most well known missionary training center is in Provo, Utah, but there are numerous centers all over the world. Formally called missionaries go to the centers for training and instruction. Missionaries going places where they will be speaking a different language stay longer to learn the language.
- MTC Branch
- MTC Branch President
- MTC President
- much of... = as in much of happiness (Hinckley genitive)
- Mulekites
- Multiply and Replenish
- murder-suicide -- missionary slang for both members of a companionship being sent home at the same time.
- Music and the Spoken Word
- Musical number (in sacrament meeting)
- Mutual - Weekly activities for the teenage members of the Church. These are put together on a ward or congregation level. - The Church's auxiliary organization for youth ages twelve through eighteen, for many years called the Mutual Improvement Association, or MIA.
- my heck
- my soul delighteth
- Mysteries of God
- Mysteries
[edit] N
- name
- Name Extraction Program* Systematic transcription of genealogical information from original vital records.
- Name of God
- Name of the Church
- Name tag
- narrow is the way
- narrow neck of land
- Natural Man
- Nature, Law of
- Nauvoo Expositor
- Nauvoo Legion
- Nauvoo, Illinois
- navel
- NCMO
- Negro question
- Neighbor:* See "Friend."
- Nephi
- Nephi's Courage
- Nephite
- Nephites * The Book of Mormon teaches a family left Jerusalem prior to its destruction. Lehi was the father and Nephi was the faithful son after which a godly civilization that the Book of Mormon said spread over the continent of America. The ungodly son Laman for which another civilization of ungodly works was also spread far and wide. LDS scholars have no problem locating Lamanites because pre-Columbian pagans were in fact all pagan. The missing link in Mesoamerican archeology and history for the Mormons are the Nephites. No one has ever found a single scrap of evidence for them.
- New and Everlasting Covenant* The gospel of Jesus Christ. All covenants between God and mankind are part of the new and everlasting covenant.
- New Birth
- New Convert
- New Era* Since 1971, the Church periodical for young people.
- New Heaven and New Earth
- New Jerusalem* The administrative headquarters of the kingdom of God in the Western Hemisphere during Christ's millennial reign.
- New member
- New Order Mormon
- New Revelation
- New Testament
- Newly-Wed and Nearly-Dead:* An LDS ward usually located in the poorer sections of Utah towns where only newly weds or nearly deads (the elderly) can afford to live.
- Newsletter
- Nevermo -- someone who has never joined the LDS Church
- Nibleyism:* A made-up factoid which supports Mormonism.
- NJT - abbreviation for Non-Jewish Tribe
- no other success
- no poor among them
- no toil or labor fear
- Noah
- NoMo:* Never was a Mormon.
- non-member
- Non-Mormon:* Anyone who does not believe that x = x + 1 can be a true statement as long as you get a good feeling about it.
- Non-Jewish Tribe - term for Mormons, referring to belief that Mormons have been adopted into the tribes of Israel
- Nourish and strengthen - Part of most blessings on the food. This is due to a secret desire of all Mormon men to resemble the pictures of Nephites in the old Book of Mormons. (See food storage.)
- Nursery
[edit] O
- Oaktree
- Oath
- Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood
- Oaths
- Obedience
- obedient
- Obey
- obligation
- obstacle
- obtain
- OD1 - Official Declaration #1
- OD2 - Official Declaration #2
- offering
- office (1) A position of authority, duty, or trust in the Church organization; (2) an ordained calling or assignment to serve in the priesthood.
- office of the priesthood
- Oh my heck - euphamism to avoid using the name of the Lord in vain
- Oil, Consecrated
- oil vial
- Oliver Cowdery
- Omni
- one-tenth
- one-third of the hosts of heaven
- one and only
- One Eternal Round
- Only Begotten Son of God
- only true
- open mic sunday -- fast and testimony meeting
- open your mouth
- Opening Exercises
- opening prayer
- Opposition
- Opposition in all things
- ordain
- ordained of God
- order
- Orderville
- Order of Enoch
- Ordinance
- Ordinances* A performance or prescribed ceremony related to the reception of a blessing, covenant, or ordination, such as baptism, confirmation, endowment, marriage, etc., performed by one who has been ordained to the priesthood and authorized to perform the ordinance.
- Ordination to the Priesthood
- Ordination
- Organic Evolution
- organist
- Organization
- Organize
- Origin of Man
- Original Sin
- Orson Pratt
- Orthodox Mormon
- Osmondize - To give a sleek, polish appearance when there is no substance behind it.
- Our Father in Heaven
- Outer Darkness A region totally removed from the light and glory of God, to which Satan and his followers will be consigned.
- over the pulpit
- Overcome
- overflow
- overzealous
- ox in the mire - per [Mormon Jargon] article on Wheat and Tares, a uniquely Mormon phrase
- Oxymormon:* Robert Kirby.
[edit] P
- p-day - Short for "preparation day." Missionaries have one day of the week set aside for preparatory activities such as housecleaning, shopping, laundry, letter-writing, and, oh yes, recreation. Officially, missionaries are supposed to wear their suits and ties on p-day, except when participating in sporting activities. In reality, there are no ties in sight on p-day. Officially, p-day starts at 6:30 am and ends at 6:30 pm. In reality, the fun often starts at 10:30 the night before, and doesn't end until until late in the p-day night.
- Pageants
- paid clergy
- Palmyra
- paper mormon -- someone who is Mormon only on paper
- Parable
- Paradise* The dwelling place of the spirits of the righteous dead who await resurrection and judgment.
- Parent
- part-time
- Partake
- Participate
- pass the sacrament
- Pass-along cards
- Patriarch to the church
- Patriarch* (1) An office in the Melchizedek Priesthood; (2) a holder of that. office in the Melchizedek Priesthood who gives patriarchal blessings; (3) an evangelist; (4) the father of a family.
- Patriarchal - Men are leaders, but equal to women.
- Patriarchal Blessing - A formal blessing given by an ordained patriarch in which the recipient's lineage from one of the tribes of Israel is usually declared, exhortations are given, and spiritual gifts and life-missions are specified.
- Patriarchal Grip
- Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood
- Patriarchal order
- Patriarchal Priesthood
- pattern
- pattern of living
- Paul
- ?? (metaphor for weird things in LDS Church & culture)
- PBO - Presiding Bishop's Office
- Peace
- Pearl of Great Price* One of the standard works of the Church, containing the book of Moses, the book of Abraham, Joseph Smith-Matthew (a translation of Matthew 24), the Joseph Smith-History, and the Articles of Faith.
- Pearls
- Pearls before Swine
- PEC - Priesthood Executive Committee.
- peculiar
- pedigree
- pedigree chart
- Peep stone
- penalty
- pentacost
- Perdition, Sons of
- Perfect
- perfectly
- Perfection
- Permablogger
- Perpetual Education Fund (PEF)
- Perpetual Emigration Fund (PEF)
- persecuted
- Persecution
- Personages
- Personal Ancestral File® (PAF)* A genealogical software package produced by the Church.
- Personal Experiences
- Personal Prayer
- Personal Priesthood Interview
- Personal Progress
- Personal Progress Award
- Personal Revelation
- personal study
- Personal Testimonies
- Peter
- Peter Priesthood - Derogatory name for the stereotypical young Mormon male. See also Molly Mormon.
- petting
- pew
- PH - Priesthood
- Physical
- Physical Body
- Physical Death
- Physical Facilities Representative
- PI - Priesthood Interview
- Pie and Beer Day -- Pioneer Day
- pilot -- 6, 7 and 8-year-old primary classes, consisting of the 6-year-old CTR Pilots, 7-year-old Co-Pilots, and 8-year-old Top Pilots.
- Pinewood Derby
- pink out -- my branch in the late ’60s / early ’70s put the notation “pink out” in the church directory for members who were away at school or in the service. Perhaps for missionaries, too. As a youngster, I thought that was kind of weird. Later, I surmised that it probably meant that the pink copy of the membership record had been sent to the person’s temporary unit. I don’t know if that was correct or not.
- Pioneer Day* July 24, celebration of the anniversary of the arrival of the Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
- pioneer stock
- pioneer trek
- Pioneers
- place hands on
- place under obligation
- plain and precious
- Plan
- Plan of Happiness
- Plan of Mercy
- Plan of Redemption
- Plan of Salvation* The plan presented in the premortal existence providing for the creation, fall, probation, death, resurrection, judgment, salvation, and exaltation of mankind.
- plant a seed
- Plates
- plead (with the Lord)
- PLT - Priesthood Leadership Travel
- Plural Marriage* The doctrine that a man may be authorized by revelation from God through the living prophet to have more than one living wife.
- Plural Wife
- Plurality
- Plurality of Wives
- Plyg:*: A term to denote a polygamist or the child of a polygamist.
- Pod -- slang for a Mormon who follows leaders blindly.
- PoGP -- Pearl of Great Price
- Polyandry
- Polyg:* Nickname for someone in a polygamous marriage, especially one of the wives, also "cohab".
- polygadate
- Polygamy The practice of having more than one wife; more accurately, polygyny. - [From the Greek, Poly = many, and gamos which meant "marriage" in old Greek but now causes modern Greeks to snicker at the term.] Used to mean the practice of having more than one wife [polygyny], which was practiced in the early church, and was done away with by revelation.
- Polynesian Cultural Center
- Polynesians
- ponder
- Pontius Pilate
- PoP -- Perl of Great Price
- Popcorn Popping
- pornography
- Porter Rockwell
- Postearth Life
- Posterity
- postlude
- Postum - A drink made from barley and enjoyed by a good many Mormons.
- potential
- Potluck
- power
- power in the priesthood
- power of the priesthood
- PPI - Personal Priesthood Interview
- praise to the man
- pray
- pray and study
- pray for moisture
- prayer
- Prayer Circle
- Prayerspeak
- Pre-Earth
- Pre-Earth Life
- Pre-Existence (Pre-Earthly Existence)
- Pre-Mortal Life
- Pre-Mortality
- preach
- Preaching the Gospel
- Predestination
- Preemie - This term is used to describe a young man who has not yet gone on a mission. The term is most commonly heard on LDS university campuses.
- Preexistence:* It is hard to understand Mormonism without understanding this doctrine. In some ways they have some very fatalistic values based on "present life" conditions being based on "past life" behavior. They believe if a person is born into a Mormon family in America that this means they were valiant faithful spirits in the preexistence. See premortal life.
- Preface
- prelude
- Premarital Sex
- Premortal
- Premortal Life* The doctrine of life as a spirit being before mortality. It is also called pre-earthly existence or antemortal life.
- Preparation Day
- Preparatory Redemption
- Prepare
- prepper -- person who is focused on emergency preparedness
- presence
- Preside (distinguish from "Conduct")
- Presidency
- Presidency of the Seventy
- President
- President of the Church
- presiding
- presiding authority
- Presiding Bishop* A General Authority under the First Presidency who directs the temporal affairs of the Church, assisted by two counselors; together they compose the Presiding Bishopric.
- Presiding Bishopric
- Presiding High Priest
- pride
- pride cycle
- Priest:* An office in the Aaronic Priesthood. - A youth group of worthy males between the age of 16 until they are ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood. These young men have been "ordained" into the Aaronic priesthood. You can see priests blessing the sacrament on Sundays at LDS church services.
- Priests Quorum
- Priests Quorum Counselor
- Priests Quorum President
- Priests Quorum Presidency
- Priests Quorum Secretary
- Priestcraft* Misuse of priesthood authority or spiritual gifts to gain personal influence or money.
- priestess
- Priesthood* (1) The power of God; (2) the authority to act in God's name; (3) the right and responsibility to preside within the Church organization; (4) a term referring to the men of the Church in general. - Mormons emphasize the need for "restored" authority without which no Mormon believes they can receive baptism, communion, or temple ordinances. "The Priesthood was first given to Adam; he obtained the First Presidency, and held the keys of it from generation to generation," the Prophet said. "He obtained it in the Creation, before the world was formed." Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 157 "Christ is the Great High Priest; Adam next." Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 158 - The authority to act in the name of God. Priesthood authority is passed from one priesthood holder to another through the laying on of hands, and every priesthood holder can trace his line of authority back through Joseph Smith to Jesus Christ himself. Every worthy male in the Church is given priesthood. Also used generically to refer to the entire group of priesthood holders as a body, though less pointedly so than in most other churches. See also Aaronic Priesthood, Melchizedek Preisthood.
- Priesthood Authority
- Priesthood Blessings* Blessings of counsel and divine influence conferred by the authority of the priesthood.
- Priesthood Councils
- Priesthood Executive Committee, Stake and Ward
- priesthood holder
- Priesthood Interview
- priesthood lineage
- Priesthood meeting
- Priesthood Offices* Specific appointments to positions of authority or of responsibility in the priesthood.
- Priesthood Power
- Priesthood Quorum* An organized body of male members who hold the same priesthood office.
- Priests
- Primary - A sort of Sunday School for Mormon children aged three through eleven. - The auxiliary organization in the Church for children from ages eighteen months through eleven years.
- Primary Board
- Primary Chorister
- Primary Music
- Primary President
- Primary Program or Primary Sacrament Meeting Program
- Primary Teacher
- Primary Voice -- voice used by primary teachers; a melodic yet quiet way of speaking that doesn’t cause hearing aid interference and is high pitched enough to be inaudible to men over the age of 65; the tone used by females who wish to advance in the church
- Principle
- Principle, the
- Prison
- Probation
- Proclamation on the Family
- Proclamation to the World
- Procreation
- procreative power
- Profanity
- Profit -- post- or anti-Mormon slang for Prophet
- program
- program announcement
- Progress
- Progressive Mormon
- promise
- Promised Land* In Book of Mormon usage, usually the Western Hemisphere.
- Promised Valley
- Prompting
- Promptings of the Spirit
- Property Reserve
- Proper
- Prophecy
- Prophet of the Church
- Prophet says, The
- Prophet, Seer, and Revelator* The special powers and functions held by members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- Prophet* (1) When capitalized, often refers to Joseph Smith; (2) when not capitalized, it can refer to the President of the Church, or any authorized spokesman for God; (3) one who has a testimony of Jesus Christ by the Holy Ghost has the "spirit of prophecy" (Rev. 19:10). One chosen by God to receive direct revelation. While apostles of modern times are ordained as "prophets, seers, and revelators," only the president of the Church is referred to as "the prophet" and is authorized to receive revelation on behalf of all God's children.
- Prophets
- Proselyte (verb) An LDS variant of "proselytize," that is, to invite others to convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Prospective Elder
- Protestantism
- prove
- prove all things
- Proverbs
- Provident Living
- Proxy Baptism
- Public Prayer
- Public Communications
- Pulpit
- punishment
- pure
- purify
- purpose
- Purpose of Earth Life
- Purpose of Life
- purse or scrip
- put in papers
- put your shoulder to the wheel
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- Quad - A bound volume containing all four of the standard works.
- QuadCom -- Quad
- qualify (for the spirit)
- quarterly conference
- quest, the
- Question
- Quorum
- Quorum of the Twelve
- Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the - The collection of apostles which stands second only to the First Presidency as a governing body of the L.D.S. Church. Sometimes also referred to as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve, or simply the Twelve. - The body of twelve men who, under the direction of the First Presidency, constitute the second-highest presiding quorum of the Church.
- Quorums of the Seventy General Authorities organized in bodies of up to seventy members. Under supervision of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve, they direct missionary and other administrative activities of the Church.
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- R.M. - See returned missionary.
- R. S. M. -- Returned Sister Missionary
- Rainbows — A former name for 6-year-old Primary children.
- Raising the Bar
- Rameumpton
- Rat - A missionary who informs on rulebreakers, usually with the hope of advancement. (Usually with the reward of advancement, come to think of it.) Also used as a verb to indicate informing on another missionary in such a fashion.
- rc/la missionary slang for "recent convert/less active" -- statistic used in missionary reports
- reactivate
- real intent
- Rebaptism
- rebellious spirit
- rebirth
- rebuking betimes with sharpness
- receive
- receive the holy ghost
- recent convert/less active
- Recommend
- Recommend Question
- recommit
- Record
- Record Keeping
- Records of the Church
- redeem
- redeem the dead
- redeemed
- Redeemer
- Redemption
- referral
- reflection
- Reformation
- Reformed Egyptian - The language, consisting of "the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians" (1 Nephi 1:2), from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon by means of the Urim and Thummim. - A set of characters used by Book of Mormon writers on metal plates.
- Reformer
- refrain
- Refreshments
- Region
- Regional Representative* A specially called priesthood leader who serves in a teaching and training capacity between stake leaders and an Area Presidency. Each region consists of several stakes.
- reject
- Relations
- Relationship
- Release - The official end to any calling in the L.D.S. Church. In particular, a missionary must obtain a release before being able to engage in any of the pursuits which are proscribed during his term of service. A release can be either honorable or dishonorable.
- Relief Society* The adult women's auxiliary organization of the Church. Also, a perjorative term which can be applied to any closed conversation between a group of Mormon women; e.g., "I wonder what those gals are plotting in their little Relief Society over there." - A service organization for women in the LDS church. Originally called the Women's Relief Society, as it still is in some non-US countries. On Sundays, when the men are at Priesthood meetings, women are at Relief Society meetings.
- Relief Society Board
- Relief Society Compassionate Service Leader
- Relief Society General Board
- Relief Society President
- Relief Society Secretary
- Relief Society Teacher
- Religion
- Religious
- Remission
- Remission of Sins
- remorse
- render service
- Renew
- renewed
- Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints* RLDS Church - A church that arose in response to the schism that followed the June 27, 1844, murder of Joseph Smith. Formally organized on April 6, 1860, at Amboy, Illinois. - A sect of the LDS faith that was reorganized in Nauvoo, Ill., from the members that stayed behind after the mass exodus to Utah. See the information about splinter groups later in this document. They prefer not to be referred to as Mormons.
- Reorganized Church:* the RLDS people followed Emma Smith and her son in a move away from Brigham Young and polygamy and polytheism. The current president of this group does not believe in the historicity of the Book of Mormon.
- Repent
- Repentance
- Represent
- representation
- resign
- resignation
- resolve
- Responsibility
- Responsible
- rest hymn
- Restitution
- Restoration (1) The reestablishment of the ancient gospel of Jesus Christ through Joseph Smith in the latter days; (2) the culmination of God's work on the earth in the latter days, including the restoration of the gospel, the gathering of Israel, and the renewal of the earth; (3) the returning of good for good, or evil for evil, in the last judgment (Alma 41:13).
- Restoration of All Things
- Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
- Restore
- restored
- Restored Church
- Restored Gospel
- Resurrect
- Resurrected
- Resurrection
- Retrenchment Association
- Return and report
- Return with honor
- Returned Missionary - This is a person that has been called formally to a mission for the Church, served for the expected amount of time and returned home. - A young man or woman who has come home after receiving an honorable release from his or her mission. The term is applicable for the duration of the subject's youth. Often shortened to r.m. See also Peter Priesthood.
- Returned Sister Missionary
- Reunions - The reuniting of LDS families who, for screamingly obvious reasons, have chosen to live apart.
- reunite
- reunited
- Reveal
- Revealed word
- Revelation
- Revelator
- reverence
- reverent
- reward
- Ricks College
- right
- right hand of fellowship
- right way pilot -- name of a Primary class in late 1960s
- righteous
- righteousness
- risen
- RLDS
- RM - Returned Missionary.
- Road trip - A prohibited activity wherein a missionary leaves his assigned area and visits a distant area, either inside or outside the boundaries of his mission.
- Roadshow A brief, original dramatic production, often presented at two or more locations within a stake.
- rock, the -- The missionaries’ nickname for the old Language Training Mission
- rock in a hat
- rocky mountain boxer shorts -- slang term for garments.
- rocky mountain surf shirt -- slang term for garments.
- Rod, the
- RS - Relief Society
- RSP -- Relief Society President
- rule
- Runaway - Slang for a missionary who leaves or attempts to leave his mission before his allotted period of service is up.
- RWH -- return with honor
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- SA - Single Adults
- Sabbath
- Sabbath day
- Sabbath Day Worship
- Sacrament * The water and bread blessed and distributed as emblems of the body and blood of Jesus Christ to Church members in ward or branch meetings. - Communion or the Lord's supper using water and bread as the elements. Mormons believe they renew their covenant of baptism when they partake of the elements. They believe they receive forgiveness of sins through this medium.
- sacrament bread
- Sacrament hymn
- Sacramental hymn
- Sacrament Meeting* The principal worship meeting of the Church, during which the sacrament of the Lord's supper is blessed and distributed to members of the Church. The members also pray, sing, and hear sermons. - Weekly worship meeting held on Sundays, where the sacrament, which is similar to communion, is given to the members. The meeting begins with a song and prayer, followed by the giving of the sacrament. After the sacrament, spiritual instruction is given, most commonly by members of the congregation, who have been asked to talk on a specific topic, by a member of the bishopric.
- sacrament meeting speaker
- Sacrament meeting talks
- Sacrament tray
- Sacrament water
- Sacred
- Sacred Grove * The grove of trees near Palmyra/ Manchester, New York, in which in 1820 Joseph Smith received his First Vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ.
- Sacred not secret
- Sacred Skivvies -- slang for garments
- Sacrifice
- Saint - Any true follower of Christ.
- Saints* refers to every LDS member. - Faithful members of the Church.
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Salt Lake Temple
- Salvation
- Salvation of Children
- Salvation of the Dead, Salvation for the dead
- Salvation* Resurrection to a kingdom of glory; sometimes used to signify exaltation in the celestial kingdom.
- same ten people -- the relatively few members of a ward or branch who seem to volunteer to do everything.
- Samuel the Lamanite
- Sanctification
- sanctify
- Satan - the brother of Jesus, the archtype of evil, and the founder of the Mormon Church.
- Satan, binding of - L.D.S. doctrine holds that, during the Millennium, Satan will be bound -- not to be loosed again except for "a short space" at the end of the Earth's existence when Gog and Magog do their apocalyptic fandango. Sin will still exist during the Millennium, but the blame for it will lie squarely with the individual in question. No more using "The devil made me do it" for an excuse.
- Satan's plan
- Saturday's Warrior
- Save
- Saved - (1) To be delivered from physical death by the grace of God, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; (2) to be delivered from the consequences of personal sin by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, and obedience to the commandments of God.
- Saving ordinances
- Savior
- Savior on Mount Zion
- School of the Prophets
- Scoop or Double Scoop:* [DAW] Derog. Gentile name for Mormons implying their brains had been scooped out. Coined by River Runners in Canyon Country. Since Utah has the highest ice cream consumption of any US state, maybe still appropriate
- scout camp
- Scouting
- scout
- Scrapbooking
- scriptorian
- Scripture
- Scripture Mastery
- Scripture Study
- Scripture Totes
- Scriptures (See Standard Works.)
- Seagulls - name given to the 11-year-old girls primary class from the 1920s until 1959; Use of the name began in 1922 for 12-and 13-year-old girls. Later, the Seagulls were 11-year-old girls..
- Seagulls, Miracle of
- Seal
- Sealed
- Sealed in the Temple - The Mormon Church has temple ceremonies that bind a husband and wife, or parents and children, for "time and eternity". In the case of marriage, this binds the couple in heaven after death in addition to the traditional "till death do them part" of other churches.
- sealed portion of the plates A segment of the gold plates that Joseph Smith obtained from the hill Cumorah, containing a revelation from the beginning to the end of the world. This segment was not translated by Joseph Smith.
- Sealing* (1) Through the power of the priesthood, making valid in heaven an action performed on earth; (2) the temple ordinance joining husband and wife or children and parents for time and eternity.
- Second Comforter A name-title for Jesus Christ. (Comforter.)
- Second Coming (of Jesus)
- Second Coming of Jesus Christ
- Second Counselor
- Second Elder
- Second endowment
- Second Estate
- Second Hour
- Secret Combinations
- Secretary
- section
- seed
- Seed of Abraham
- seek
- Seer Stones * Sacred stones that, when used by a person with the gift of seership, reveal the past, present, and future. (Urim and Thummim.)
- Seer* A person endowed with a special gift of seeing spiritually the past, present, and the future.
- Self abuse:* Masturbation (WTF?).
- self-control
- self-love
- Self-reliance The principle that individual Church members and families should, to the extent possible, provide and plan for their own necessities.
- Self-Sufficiency (Self-Reliance)
- semi-active
- Seminaries and Institutes
- Seminary - A daily class offered to students in the ninth through twelfth grades, wherein they receive in-depth indoctrination on subjects such as the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and Church history. In most parts of the country, Mormon students attend seminary early in the morning, before their normal school day. In Utah, however, seminary buildings are constructed adjacent to public high schools, and students are permitted one "released time" period per day to cross the street and receive religious instruction. - an educational outreach for junior high and senior high students. Often these buildings are adjacent to public schools. Teachers are usually certified by the state.
- Seminary answer
- senior
- Senior Aaronic -- Adult aaronic priesthood holders (antiquated term)
- Senior Companion - The missionary assigned to lead a companionship. Usually, but not always, the missionary who has been on his or her mission the longest.
- Senior Missionaries
- Serve - To fulfill any calling in the L.D.S. Church.
- Service
- Service Project - Getting a bunch of unskilled people together to perform labor.
- Services and activities committee
- Set Apart - The authorization of an individual, by the laying on of hands to serve in a calling in the Church.
- Setting apart
- Seventies:* Originally a local quorum in each stake headed by seven local presidents. These also presided over local missionary activities in the each stake helping to coordinate efforts between local and full time missionaries. This has changed to a regional authority position.
- Seventies Mission Bookstore
- Seventies Quorum
- Seventies Quorum Counselor
- Seventies Quorum President
- Seventies Quorum Presidency
- Seventies Quorum Secretary
- Seventy - An office of the Melchizedek Priesthood with duties concerned mostly with missionary work. Named for the seventy missionaries Christ ordained in New Testament times and sent out into the world to preach his gospel. Once upon a time, seventies were called and ordained in every stake. Now, for rather obscure reasons, the only ordained seventies are general authorities. See also First Quorum of the Seventy, the.
- SFS - Stake Financial Summary - a monthly financial report that summarizes the Church Unit Financial Statements on each ward or branch in the stake.
- SHC -- Stake High Council
- shed (blood)
- sheep
- shelf -- place where all doubts are accumulated until they can be resolved
- shelf collapse -- faith crisis, when the "shelf" collapses from the weight of accumulated doubts
- Short Creek:* [DAW] - Or Arizona Strip, in the north of that state, now called "Colorado City" and founded by Mormon polygamists.
- Sick
- Sick, Blessing the* An ordinance in which ill persons are anointed with consecrated olive oil and blessed by Melchizedek Priesthood holders, to the end that healing may take place. (Anointing.)
- Sidney Rigdon
- Sign
- Sign Seeking
- Signify (by the usual sign)
- Signs of the Times
- Signs of the True Christian Church
- Signs of the True Church
- Sin
- sinew
- Single Adults* Adult Church members who are not married.
- Singles Committee
- Singles Dances
- Singles Program
- Singles Ward
- sinless
- Sister - Any female member of the Mormon Church, esp. sister missionaries.
- Sister missionary - A female missionary. So called because such women are addressed as "Sister" -- as opposed to "Elder," as their male counterparts are called. Elders profess to hold sister missionaries in high esteen, though in most cases this is a cover for the fact that male missionaries feel their authority is threatened by the greater knowledge and maturity of most female missionaries. Often shortened to sister.
- Sister
- Sister-wife
- Sisterhood
- Sistren
- Skylet -- The youngest 3 classes in Primary in the 1950s and 1960s, named for the lights in the sky: 3-year-old Moonbeams, 4-year-old Sunbeams, and 5-year-old Stars.
- Small and Simple Things
- So-called intellectual
- sociables -- Salt Lake City-based post-WWII single's program
- Social Services* A separate corporation from the Church (called LDS Social Services) which serves as a resource for meeting special social and emotional needs of Church members.
- solemn
- Solemn Assembly* Special assemblies of priesthood holders, generally held in temples.
- Son
- Son of God
- Son of Righteousness
- Sonofabishop
- Sons of Helaman
- Sons of Perdition* Individuals who have sinned against the Holy Ghost and have thus committed the unpardonable sin.
- Soul* The united spirit and body. All living things on earth are souls, meaning they consist of a spirit body and a physical body.
- soul kiss
- Southern Virginia University:* SVU
- SP - Stake President
- Spanish Ward
- Spaulding theory
- Spaz = at BYU spaz, fruity, and fruitcake mean crazy and not gay.
- Speak
- speaker
- Speaking in tongues
- special
- special interest -- older singles program
- special number
- special spirit
- special witness of Jesus Christ
- Spires in the eyes
- Spirit
- Spirit, The
- Spirit Baby
- Spirit Body* A being formed of refined element, with which a physical body of earthly element. unites to form a soul. Human spirits are literally children of God.
- spirit child
- spirit daughter
- spirit son
- spirit of contention
- Spirit of God
- spirit of love
- Spirit of Prophecy
- spirit of service
- spirit of thanksgiving
- Spirit of the Lord
- spirit of worship
- spirit paradise
- Spirit Prison* The place where the spirits of the dead, particularly the untaught and nonrighteous, await resurrection and judgment.
- Spirit World* The place where the spirits of the dead await resurrection and judgment; it consists of paradise, prison, and hell.
- Spiritual
- Spiritual Blessings
- Spiritual Death
- spiritual high
- spiritually
- spiritually fed
- Split-off - When the two members of a companionship work temporarily with different companions -- either other missionaries or responsible priesthood holders. Sometimes a split-off is done so that a zone leader or district leader can help one of his charges improve his proselytizing skills. Sometimes it is done for sheer variety. Often shortened to splits.
- Splits - See split-off.
- Spoken word
- SS:* Sunday School.
- Stake* A geographical-ecclesiastical unit of the Church, composed of several wards and sometimes branches. - A geographical and administrative unit of the L.D.S. Church consisting of usually six to ten wards, or from two to three thousand Saints. Administered by a stake president. From such scriptural passages as Isaiah 33:20: "Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken." - A stake is a collection of wards. Roughly equivalent to a Catholic diocese. (See Ward)
- Stake business
- Stake center - A meetinghouse of the Church in which the administrative offices of stake leaders are also located.
- Stake choir
- Stake clerk
- Stake conference - A semiannual series of meetings which involves all the wards in a stake. These meetings are held at a stakehouse and supplant the normal Sunday worship schedule. A general authority normally attends each stake conference as a guest speaker and overseer.
- Stake Executive Secretary
- Stake house - A Stake house houses the offices of the Stake Presidency and High Council. It also is the repository for facilities that individual wards can not all afford. For example, it often contains a baptismal font, which in some areas wards do not.
- stake mission
- Stake of Zion
- Stake patriarch
- Stake presidency - In the L.D.S. ecclesiastical hierarchy, the presiding body of a stake, consisting of a stake president and his two counselors. See also first counselor.
- Stake president - In the L.D.S. ecclesiastical hierarchy, the presiding officer and spiritual leader of a stake. Falls above bishop and below regional representative.
- stake president temple recommend interview
- stake relief society president
- stake relief society presidency
- stake sunday school president
- stake sunday school presidency
- stake tabernacle
- Stake Technology Specialist
- stake temple recommend interview
- stake young men president
- stake young men presidency
- stake young women president
- stake young women presidency
- Stakehouse - A larger-than-average Mormon meetinghouse which doubles as the headquarters of a stake. Big enough to accommodate the entire membership of the stake. Sometimes, and more properly, referred to as a stake center.
- Stakes
- stand
- Standard works* The canonized Latter-day Saint scriptures: Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. (The latter three, when bound under one cover, are often called the "Triple Combination.")
- stand on (their) shoulders
- standards
- Standing for Something
- stars -- 5-year-old primary class in the 1950s and 1960s; What 4- and 5-year-old primary children were nicknamed.
- starstone
- Statistical Clerk
- stay in the boat
- Stewardship
- Stick of Joseph* A biblical term having reference to the Book of Mormon, which is a record of a remnant of the posterity of Joseph who was sold into Egypt (Ezek. 37:15-19).
- Stick of Judah* A biblical term having reference to the Bible, being a record of the Jews and preserved by the prophets of Judah and by the apostles (Ezek. 37:15-19).
- sticks -- slang for scriptures
- Still Small Voice:* 1) The voices and crying of molested Mormon children. 2) The threats Mormon molesters use to keep children scared and quite.
- stillborn -- missionary slang for a new missionary who is sent home before leaving his first area.
- STMC - Strengthening the Members Committee
- stone box
- stormin' mormon
- straight is the gate
- Strait and Narrow
- Strangite:* Follower of James Strang, who after JS' death took a group up to the Great Lakes area.
- Strength
- strengthen
- strengthened
- strengthening the members
- strive
- stripling warrior
- student ward
- Study
- stupor of thought
- submit
- Suffer
- suffering
- Sunbeam
- Sunday
- sunday best
- sunday dress
- sunday mormon
- Sunday School 1) a class 2) a block of the 3-hour block schedule 3) auxiliary organization 4) (obsolete) sub-unit of a branch
- Sunday School answer
- Sunday School President
- Sunday School Teacher
- sunstone
- Sunstone Magazine
- super saturday
- Supernacle
- Supernal
- Support
- sure preciatcha
- Sure sign of the nail
- Surrender Dorothy
- Sustain
- sustained
- sustaining vote
- SVU
- swearing
- Swedish Rescue
- Sweet Spirit:* Term of derision used to depict fat, ugly women whom natural selection does not favor. - In Mormon women, the equivalent of a "good personality";
- swept away
- Sword of Laban
- Symbol
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- Tabernacle (1) The physical body in which a person's spirit dwells during earth life; (2) a special building used for assemblies, such as the Tabernacle on Temple Square. (3) the predecessor of today's stake center.
- Tabernacle Choir
- Tabernacle Organ
- Tabernacle, The (i.e., in Salt Lake City)
- Talk - In the LDS Church, members teach each other. “Giving a talk” refers to providing a lesson or instruction on a topic during one of the Sunday meetings, most often sacrament meeting.
- Tar and Feather
- Targeteers — A past nickname for 8-year-olds in the Primary.
- TBM
- tDMg - To Do More Good (signoff used by blogger Kathryn Skaggs, per DN article)
- Teach
- Teacher * An office in the Aaronic Priesthood. - Youth group for worthy males between 14 to 16. These young men are ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood of which the teacher is one office. You can see teachers preparing the sacrament at LDS church services on Sunday.
- Teachers Quorum
- Teachers Quorum Counselor
- Teachers Quorum President
- Teachers Quorum Presidency
- Teachers Quorum Secretary
- Teaching the Gospel
- Teachings
- Telestial
- Telestial Kingdom * The lowest of three degrees of glory; inherited by the wicked after they have suffered for their sins.
- Temple * A sacred building, the "House of the Lord," in which Latter-day Saints perform sacred ceremonies and ordinances of the gospel for themselves and for the dead. see "Endowment" - The place where the most sacred rites and rituals are performed. Mormons distinguish between meeting houses (called "wards") where regular services are held, and the temples where only sacred things are to occur. (See "Temple Recommend")
- Temple Ceremony
- Temple district
- Temple divorce
- Temple endowment
- Temple Garments
- Temple lot
- Temple Marriage
- Temple Matron
- Temple Ordinances* Sacred ceremonies performed in Latter-day Saint temples.
- Temple President
- Temple Recommend * A certificate of worthiness to participate in temple ordinances. - the identification presented to obtain entrance into the temple. It must be signed by ward and stake leaders. Each recommend holder must be "interviewed" for personal worthiness once every other year. - While almost anyone is welcome to attend Sunday services at a ward, entering a Temple requires that a Mormon get a temple recommendation from their local bishop, and stake president. Rumor has it that about 30% of members have temple recommends.
- temple roll
- Temple Square * A ten-acre city block in Salt Lake City on which the Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle, and adjacent buildings are located.
- Temple Trip
- Temple Vestments
- temple work
- Temple worker
- Templize -- to make acceptable for use in a Temple (e.g. to modify a dress for use in a Temple)
- Temporal
- Temptation
- Ten Commandments
- Ten Cow Wife
- Ten Cow Woman
- Ten tribes - Those tribes of the house of Israel carried captive into Assyria c. 721 BC; known as the lost tribes of Israel because they became lost to the people and records of the Bible. Prophecy proclaims their return in the latter days.
- Tender mercy
- Tender Mercies of the Lord
- Tenderfoot:* [DAW] A newcomer to an area of the west, also a "pork eater". Apparently also used in some Mormon areas for new "green" converts.
- Terrestrial
- Terrestrial kingdom * The middle of the three degrees of glory; inherited by "honorable" people of the earth who did not accept the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Testament
- Testament of Jesus Christ
- test, testing
- Testify
- Testimony * A personal expression of one's convictions or beliefs about the gospel of Jesus Christ. - A personal conviction of the truthfulness either of the Restored Gospel or of individual parts thereof. Also, the spoken expression of that conviction. Several sample usages follow: "Brothers and sisters, I'd like to bear my testimony that this church is true." "It took me years to gain a testimony of the principle of tithing." "I have a testimony that the Church welfare system is inspired by God." "I think Brother Luther is losing his testimony." "Constant study and prayer is the only way to keep your testimony strong." "You can't lean on the testimonies of your friends and family forever." See also fast-and-testimony meeting, testimony meeting. * Also a polite euphemism for garments (i.e, "Your testimony is showing")
- Testimony Bearing
- Testimony meeting - Any gathering of Mormons at which the individual attendees are invited and encouraged to bear their testimonies for the benefit and edification of the group as a whole. See also fast-and-testimony meeting.
- Testimony of Jesus Christ
- Thankamony
- Thanks for all you do
- That is not essential to our salvation
- thinking is done
- Third Hour
- Three Ds, The:* Date 'em, Dunk 'em & Dump 'em. Methodology used by young people just to get members of the opposite gender baptized.
- Three Degrees of Glory
- Three Hour Block
- Three Nephites
- Three Witnesses
- Three-leg - See threesome.
- Threesome - A companionship with three members instead of the usual two. Necessary when there are an odd number of missionaries of the same sex in one mission. Sometimes also called a three-leg.
- Throne of grace
- Time
- Time and Eternity * A term suggesting that gospel ordinances and blessings are valid forever, both on earth and in the heavens.
- Times and Seasons
- Tinkling Cymbals
- Tithe
- Tithing * The donation of one-tenth of one's increase (gross income) to the Church.
- Tithing Envelope
- Tithing Settlement
- Titillating
- Title of Liberty
- TLC - True and Living Church [An offshoot]
- Token
- top pilot -- 8-year-old class in the primary during the 1950s and 1960s
- Topical Guide* An index and concordance to the standard works of the Church;
- Tract
- Tracting
- Trail Builder - the oldest boy classes in the Primary organization, covering ages 9 to 11. This term was used from the 1920s to the 1970s
- Train up a child
- Transfer - To reassign a missionary from one area and companion to another. Also, the process of receiving and enacting such a reassignment; e.g., "I'm looking forward to getting a transfer to somewhere else, Elder. Anywhere else." See also transfers.
- Transfer bug - Mission slang for the seemingly arbitrary process by which transfers are determined; e.g., "I can never figure out just when the transfer bug is going to bite, Elder."
- Transfers - The usually monthly event in which missionaries are reassigned to accommodate not only those arriving from the M.T.C. and those being released, but also those who are causing problems, not getting along with companions, threatening suicide, etc. See also transfer, transfer bug.
- Transfiguration
- Transgression
- Translate
- Translated Beings * Individuals who are changed in mortality so that they do not experience physical pain and whose death and resurrection will be in a "twinkling of the eye"; Enoch, Elijah, and John the Beloved are examples.
- translated correctly
- Translation
- Travelog
- Tree of Life
- trek west, the
- Trekker -- Name given to 10-year-old boys in the Primary program from 1920s to the 1970s; Previous name for 10-year-old Primary boys.
- Trial
- Trials
- Trinity
- Triple combination - The Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price, and an index bound together in one volume. These are all of the scriptures that the Mormon's accept, other than the Bible.
- True and Living Church
- True Believing Mormons - see also TBM's.
- trunking
- Trunky (meaning a missionary who has slacked off on their missionary work because they are anxious to be home) - Homesick. Refers to the act of sitting on one's packed trunk, eagerly looking forward to the day when one's mission will end.
- Trust
- Trustworthy
- Truth
- TSCC -- 'The So-Called Church' - post-Mormon reference to the LDS Church.
- Twaints - Saints on Twitter
- Twelve Apostles
- Twelve Tribes
- Twelve, the - See Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the.
- Twitter Stake - Name for the LDS community on Twitter
- Two Prophets
- Two Years' Supply
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- Udaho
- Underwear
- Unit - A congregation or other function in the Church that is responsible for its budget. Wards, Stakes, Branches, Districts, Family History Centers, etc., are all examples of Units.
- United Effort Plan
- United order * Social and economic orders in which Church members, in an act of consecration, deed their property to a bishop, who allots stewardships and resources according to need. It is not currently being practiced in the Church.
- Unity
- University of Deseret
- Unpardonable Sin* The sin against the Holy Ghost.
- Unrighteous Dominion
- Uplifted Hand
- Urim and Thummim * Two stones set in "silver bows," and often associated with a breastplate, given to Joseph Smith to aid in the translation of the Book of Mormon and in receiving other revelations.
- Ushers
- Utah
- Utah Mormon - A disparaging term used by Saints from outside of Utah to indicate a usually hypocritical Mormon who feels smug and superior in his spirituality due to his proximity to Church headquarters. Non-Utah Mormons feel that, living amongst so many gentiles, they have more opportunities for spiritual challenges and growth-promoting experiences -- which, of course, makes them better than Utah Mormons.
- Utard - mildly derogatory term referring to Utahns.
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- vain repetition
- valiant -- synonym for faithful; class in primary
- valley tan
- vanguard -- teacher-aged boys between scouts and explorers; Part of the YMMIA program for boys, ages 15-16, from 1928 to 1933, until the Boy Scouts began an Explorers program and the church adopted that.
- Veil, The
- Veil of forgetfulness: 1) The veil we go through from pre-existence that prevents us remembering it.
- Veil Worker
- Vicarious Work
- virtue
- vision
- Visit
- Visiting Teacher - Women in the ward are paired up and given three to four women in the ward that they are supposed to meet with monthly. Usually they spend time talking, then they give a thought from the visiting teaching message for the month. This system is set up to help the ward be aware of families needs. It is another way for the Church to help take care of its members. - Generally a Priesthood Leaders assign a home teacher (male) to every family in a ward, and the Relief Society President assigns a Visiting teacher (female) to each family in the ward that has an adult female in residence. These people visit once a month, and bring a spiritual message, and help out with problems. (For example they've been known to help families move, assist the sick, etc.)
- Visiting Teaching * A Church program in which members of the Relief Society are assigned to visit regularly other sisters to give brief instruction and support.
- Visitors Centers* Reception centers of the Church, at temples and historic sites, to introduce visitors to the history and doctrine of the Church.
- VT - Visiting Teacher
- Voice of Warning
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- Wait - In Mormon parlance, to keep oneself in cold storage while one's significant other serves a mission, with the intention of marrying said other at the mission's conclusion. Rarely successful. See also "Dear John."
- Walkabout - In some Utah congregations, an activity in place of a Lingerlonger in which ward members walk around the ward boundaries to greet other ward members and get to know those that live in the ward. Most effective in new developments or where there is high turnover.
- War in Heaven* The conflict between Lucifer and Jesus Christ, and their followers, in the premortal existence.
- Ward - 300 to 500 members within a stake boundary. - A geographic ecclesiastical unit in the Church, consisting of several hundred members presided over by a bishop. - A group of members in a certain geographical area. This term is similar to a congregation. There are usually between 240 and 600 members in each ward. - The basic geographical and administrative unit of the L.D.S. Church, consisting of one local congregation, or from two to four hundred Saints. Administered and judged by a bishop. - Wards are organized into regional collections called Stakes. A Ward is roughly equivalent to a Catholic parish. The term derives from the common (1800's) name for a political district. A ward usually has 75 to 100 families, or about 300 people. A stake has five to seven wards and about 2,000 people. Membership in a ward or stake is usually decided geographically, although special wards and stakes for singles, servicemen, and students also exist. (Compare "Temple")
- Ward Activity
- Ward Boundaries
- Ward Budget
- Ward business
- Ward choir
- Ward Clerk
- ward conference
- Ward Council
- Ward Council Member
- Ward Family
- Ward House - The place where Mormons hold Sunday services. It is also used throughout the week for social functions, boy scout meetings, etc.. Branches also meet in the ward houses.
- Ward Mission Leader
- ward relief society president
- ward relief society presidency
- ward social
- ward sunday school president
- ward sunday school presidency
- ward young men president
- ward young men presidency
- ward young women president
- ward young women presidency
- Ward Shopping
- Ward teacher
- Ward teaching — Original title for today's home teaching, until 1964.
- Ward Welfare Committee
- Warm Feeling
- warm fuzzies
- Washing of Feet
- Washings and Anointings * Initiatory temple ordinances, preliminary to endowment.
- water
- welding link -- connect through sealing, sealinga
- Welfare * A plan and program in the Church administered by priesthood officers and the Relief Society which attends to the temporal well-being of needy members and admonishes all members to become serf-reliant.
- Welfare Cannery
- Welfare Farm
- Welfare program
- Welfare project
- Welfare Services
- Welfare Square* A geographic block in Salt Lake City reflecting the emphasis in the Church on storing food and other commodities for emergencies.
- whiskey mormon
- white
- White Bible - Slang for the Missionary Handbook, a pocket-sized rulebook for missionaries with a white cover.
- White and Delightsome
- white as snow
- White Horse Prophecy
- White Indian
- Whites - Mission slang for proselytizing clothes -- i.e., suit and tie.
- Wicked
- Wicked and adulterous generation
- Wife
- Will, The
- Will of the Lord
- Willing
- Winter Quarters
- Winter Saint: [DAW] Gentile pioneers who would winter in Utah amongst the Mormons, before continuing on their journey further west.
- Wisdom
- With Every Fiber of my being
- Witness
- Witnesses, Book of Mormon
- Women's Auxiliary
- Word, The
- Word of Wisdom: * Common name for the dietary commandments contained in the eighty-ninth section of the Doctrine and Covenants. These verses form the basis for the proscriptions against coffee, tea, alcohol and tobacco. The term is also used as an adjectivial phrase, often to point out other people's "substance-abuse" difficulties; e.g., "I'd suggest Brother Zappa as the new Scoutmaster, but he has such a Word of Wisdom problem." - The revealed health code of the Church, as set forth in section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants.
- Work
- Work for the Dead
- Work and the Glory
- Works
- World, The
- Worldly
- Worlds
- Worlds without end
- Worship
- Worthiness
- Worthy
- Worthy Member
- WoW - Word of Wisdom (D&C 89)
- WML - Ward Mission Leader
- Wrath of God
- writings
- Wrong
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[edit] Y
- Y, The - nickname for BYU
- Ydaho - BYU-Idaho
- Year's supply
- YM - Young Men
- you can buy anything with money
- Young Adults
- Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association
- Young Ladies' National Mutual Improvement Association
- Young Ladies' Relief Society
- Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association
- Young Men
- Young Men's Program
- Young Single Adults
- Young Special Interest
- Young Women
- Young Woman Medallion
- Young Women Personal Progress
- Young Women's Program
- Youth
- Youth Conference
- YSA - Young Single Adults
- YW - Young Women
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- Zarahemla
- ZCMI
- Zeebees -- nickname for Zion's Boys
- Zeegees -- nickname for Zion's Girls
- Zelph
- Ziff
- Zion * A word meaning the "pure in heart"; also a geographic location where the righteous are gathered by obedience to the gospel.
- Zion Corridor
- Zion Curtain -- 1) wall or barrier separating the dining section from the liquor serving area in Utah restaurants required by law. 2) border between majority Mormon areas and majority non-Mormon areas.
- Zion’s Boys -- Primary class for 7- and 8-year-olds, from 1928 to about 1950; These were the 7- and 8-year-olds starting in 1928. also known as Zeebees
- Zion's Camp
- Zion’s Girls -- Primary class for 7- and 8-year-olds, from 1928 to about 1950; These were the 7- and 8-year-olds starting in 1928.
- Zionism
- Zone
- Zone Activity
- Zone Conference
- Zone Leader
- Zoobie
