Book of Mormon*: Meaning and Definition of

Book' of Mor'mon

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a sacred book of the Mormon Church, believed by Mormons to be an abridgment by a prophetof a record of certain ancient peoples in America, written on golden plates, and discovered and translated (1827–30) by Joseph Smith.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.