> I 4 Mormon 
over by :i |n< -i'li-Mi -in-i tun coium*lora whoso authority 
extends over t lie entire church, and It includes the twelve 
apostles, tin- si'vi'iitiuH, tin- jiaii i;n , li, tin- liiRti priests, 
and the elders. The twelve :Ljn>-,tk- run-Unit*' u travel* 
iiiK hi^li emmril, which itnl;iin< "thtT oftlrera and is in- 
iru-tril \\itli K'L-iieral ecclesiastical ;uittnM jty ; the seven- 
ties ;IM tin 1 nii^iiiiiarU's aiul the propagandists of the 
body ; the patri:urh pronuiuices the blessing of the 
ehurch ; the hijfh prii*t.s officiate In the offices of the 
rhuicli in th>- UMenoe "f any higher authorities; and the 
atdenooodnot meetings and Miprrintnui tin- prieu. The 
Aiinniir pt irst liooit includes the hishops, the priest*, the 
t>-;u hers, and the deacons; the two last named arethesub- 
i.nliiuit,' <>nlum in the church. The duties of the bishops 
;uv hrijt'iy stviiiur. The imtire territory govemed by the 
church is divided and subdivided Into districts, for the 
more efficient collection of tithes and the administration 
uf the government. The Mormons accept tho Biblo, the 
Book of Mormon, and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants 
as authoritative, and regard tho head of their church as 
Invested with divine authority, receiving his revelations 
as the word of the Lord. They maintain the doctrines of 
repentance and faith, a literal resurrection of the dead, 
the second coining of Christ and his reign upon earth 
(having the seat of his power In their territory), baptism 
by immersion, baptism for the dead, and polygamy as a 
sacred duty for all those who are capable of entering into 
such marriage. The Mormons settled first, at Kirtland, 
Ohio, then In Missouri, and after their expulsion from 
these places in Nauvoo, Illinois ; In 1847-8 they removed 
to ('tah, and have since spread into Idaho, Arizona, Wyo- 
ming, etc. They have frequently defied the United States 
government. There Is also a comparatively small branch 
of the Mormon Church, entitled "The Reorganized Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," which is opposed to 
polygamy and is ecclesiastically Independent of the ori- 
ginal organization. Also Mormonut, M ormontte. Book 
of Mormon, out 1 of the authoritative writings of the Mor- 
mon Chin eli. According to the Mormons, it Is the record 
of certain ancient peoples in America, abridged by the 
prophet Mormon, written on golden plates, and discovered 
by Joseph Smith at ( 'umorah (western New York), and trans- 
lated by him. By anti-Mormons It Is generally regarded as 
taken from a romance written about 1811 by Solomon Spauld- 
ing, whose manuscript was used by Smith and Rigdon. 
Mormondom (m6r'mon-diim), n. [< Mormon'* 
+ -rfom.] The community or system of the 
Mormons; Mormons collectively. 
Mormonism (mor'mon-izm), M. [< Mormon'* + 
-i ft nt.'] The system of doctrines, practices (es- 
pecially polygamy), ceremonies, and church 
government maintained by tho Mormons. 
It Is not possible to attack Mnnnonuan with very delicate 
weapons. The Nation, Feb. 23, 1882, p. Ml. 
[< Mormon' 2 + 
[< Mormon'* + 
[NL.] Same as 
Mormonist (m&r'mou-ist), N. 
-int.] Same as Mormon*. 
Monnonite (mor'mon-it). M. 
-Hi'-.] Same us Mormon/*. 
Mormoops (m6r-mo'ops), . 
Mormops. 
mormope (mdr'raop), . A bat of the genus 
tfomuft. 
Mormopidffi (rn6r-mop'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Mormops + -idtf. ] A family of bats named from 
the genus Mormops. It coincides with Lobosto- 
mntina. 
Mormops (mdr'mops), n. [NL., < Gr. fopfiu, 
a bugbear, + aty, face, countenance.] A ge- 
nus of tropical 
American phyl- 
lostomine bats 
of the subfami- 
ly Lobontiinnili- 
ntf : so called 
from the extra- 
ordinary physi- 
ognomy, which 
is remarkable 
even among the 
many strange 
expressions of face presented by bats . M. bin iii- 
ri/li'i is the type. Also Mormniijin. 
mormyre (mor'nur), n. A fish of the genus 
Miirmiirim; a mormyrian. 
mormyrian (m&r-mir'i-an), n. [< Mnraiyriig + 
-inn.] A fish of the family Morniyrifler. 
Mormyridae (mor-mir'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Mor- 
iHi/rim + -iVte.] A family of scyphophorous 
fishes, exemplified by the genus Moniiifrux. to 
which different limits have been given, (o) By 
Bonaparte and most others tt is restricted to those species 
which have well-developed dorsal and anal fins more or 
less nearly opposite eaeh other but of varying extent, and 
a well ileveloped eanilal remote from the dorsal and anal. 
It includes all but one of the scyphophorous fishes. (6) 
By Giinther it isextended to include the foregoing, tuKether 
uith species without an anal or caudal flu placed byothrr 
authors in the family Qymnarchidir. All have the body 
and tail scaly, head scaleless, margin of the upper jaw 
formed in the middle by the intermaxillaries, which coa- 
into a single bone, and laterally by the maxillaries. 
The interopL-ieiilum is sometimes rudimentary, and on 
rarh siile of the single parietal bone is a cavity leading into 
the interior of the skull. The family contains a number 
of fresh-water African tlshes. representing several genera, 
some of which are remarkable for the prolongation of the 
snont. There is also great diversity in the development 
of the dorsal am! anal tins, in some caHes these being much 
lengthened ami in others very short. Murmyntit nxifrhyn- 
chtt.i is common in the Nile. Also M 
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3801 
Mormyrus (mdr-im'rus), n. f NL. (cf. L. mr- 
mi/f), < Or. /lopfiipof, a sea-fish.] 1. An African 
genus of fishes representing the family V 
ridte. M. ozyrAyneAu* i the mizdch. oxyrhynch, or thorp 
noted mormyre of tbe Nile. It U held In high esteem, and 
wa venerated by the ancient Egyptians, and never eaten, 
became It wat supposed to have devoured the privy mem- 
ber of the god Osiris. .Some specie* are highly esteemed 
for food. 
2. ['.'.] A spec ies of this genus; a mormyre. 
morn (morn), . [< ME. morn, coutr. of mor- 
iri'n, morgeit, margt-n, < AS. morgen, mergen => 
OS. morgan = OFries. morn = D. monjen = 
MLG. LG. morgen = OHG. morgan, miinjin. 
margin, MHG. G. morgen = Icel. inorgunn, 
morginn = Sw. morgon = Dan. morgen = Goth. 
minii-i/inti, morning; perhaps connected with 
OBulg. mirknati, become dark, mralcu, dark- 
ness, the morning being in this view the ' dim 
light' of early dawn. In another view, the word 
is orig. 'dawn,' connected with Lith. merkti, 
blink, Gr. /lap/iaipeiv, shine, glitter (see marble). 
The same word, in the ME. form mortem, mor- 
gen, lost the final -a (which was understood as 
a suffix) and became, through morge, niorin, 
the source of E. morrow ; while a deriv. form 
morning has taken the place of both forms in 
familiar use: see morrow, morning.} 1. The 
first part of the day; the morning: now used 
chiefly in poetry and often with personifica- 
tion. See morning. 
\Vhyt as morne milk. 
Chaucer, Gen. ProL to C. T., L 358. 
From morn 
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy ere. 
Milton, P. I.. L 742. 
2. Morrow: usually precededby the: as, the morn 
(that is, to-morrow). [Obsolete or Scotch.] 
Abraham ful erly wntz vp on the morne. 
Alliterative Poem* (ed. Morris), i. 1001. 
But Duncan swore a haly aith 
That Meg should be a bride the morn. 
Burnt, There was a Lau. 
The morn's morning, to-morrow morning: as, I'll be 
with you the morn's morning. [Scotch. ] 
morn-daylightt, [ME.] The light of morn- 
ing. 
So forth passyd till morn-day lyaht to se. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. B. T. 8.), 
morne (morn), n. [OF., < morne, blunt.] 
The rebated head of a tilting-lance. 
Compare coronal, 2 (o). 
The speare bedded with the morne. 
Quoted in Strutt't Sports and Pastimes, 
(p. 15. 
Yet so were they [lances] colour' d, with 
hookes near the mourne, that they prettily 
represented sheep- hookes. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, li. 
Tilting lances with morne*, coronets, and vamplate. 
Jour. Brit. Archaol. An., XXXIL 1-25. 
. 76& 
1. 
2. 
The road 
summits. 
A small rounded hill. [French-American.] 
sinks between mornei wooded to their 
Harper'i May., LXXIX. 846. 
morn6 (mdr-na' ), a. [OF. morne, pp. of nwrner, 
blunt, < morne, blunt: see morne.] In her., an 
epithet noting a lion rampant when depict- 
ed in coat-armor with no tongue, teeth, or 
claws. 
morned (mdrnd), a. [< morne + -ed 2 .] In her., 
blunted ; having a blunt head : said especially 
of a tilting-spear used as a bearing, 
morniflet, " See murninil. 
morning (m6r'ning), n. and a. [< ME. morn- 
ini/i', moroirnynye, iniincening, morgening,(. morn, 
morwen, morgen, morn, + -ingl. Cf. frming, < 
even* + -inj 1 .] I. M. 1. The first part of the 
day, strictly from midnight to noon. In a more 
limited sense, morning is the time from a little before to 
a little after sunrise, or the time beginning a little before 
sunrise, or at break of day, and extending to the hour of 
breakfast, or to noon. Among men of business and peo- 
ple of fashion, the morning is often considered to extend 
to the hour of dining, even when this occurs several hours 
after noon. 
The friday erly in the witsonwike, that was a feire 
mormenynge and a softe, and yet was not the water ne the 
enchauntement left.'. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), II. 851. 
To-morrow, ere fresh morm'ri/7 streak the east 
With flrst approach of light, we must be risen. 
Milton, P. L., IT. 623. 
The Duke of Devonshire took a marning't ride before 
dinner yesterday at seven o'clock in the afternoon. 
Hull Advertiter, April 16, 1796 (quoted in N. and Q., 7th 
|ser, VI. 383). 
2. Figuratively, the first or early part. 
Ollfe! how pi 
tin thy morning . 
Burns, To James Smith. 
And in the 
We are Ancients of the earth. 
morning of tin 
Tennymn, Day-Dream. l.'Knvoi. 
3. A morning drum or dr:in*;lit. [Scotch.] 
morning-tide 
of ibis be took a copious dram ..i, .r.iia he bud al- 
ready taken his morning with Donald Bran Lean. 
tieutt, Wavtrli-y, xvili. 
4. A slight rejiiist tukcn at rising, HOIIK- time 
before what i.-. cnllcil lnvjikt'ii*!. luniit&ni. 
[Scotch. ] Good morning, seu y>**l. The morn'i 
morning. See num. 
II. ii. 1. I'l'i'tiiining In llic liist (ir i urlj' 
part of the day; being in the <arly part of the 
day, or before 'dinner: HM, :i un,nninj concert. 
2. Kxisting, taking place, or aeon in ibc morn- 
ing: tm, morning dew; morning light; ;Xor<3 
service: often um><l figuratively. 
she looks u clear 
As morning rose* newly waih'd with dew. 
Shale., T. of the .s., II. 1. 174. 
The broad brow (of Chaucer), drooping with weight of 
thought, and yet with an Inexpugnable youth shining out 
of it as from the morning forehead of a boy. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 229. 
Morning gun, hour, etc. See the nouns, 
morning-cap (mdr'uing-kap), n. A cap worn 
during the day, on other than ceremonial occa- 
sions; especially, a cap worn by women in the 
morning to cover and protect the hair, 
morning-flower (mdr'ning-flou'er), . A plant 
of the iris family, OrArMMtAM inultiftorun. 
[Australia.] 
morning-gift (mflr'ning-gift), H. [A mod. 
translation of AS. mnnji nf/ifn (= G. morgen- 
gabe, etc.), < mitrgen, morn, morning, + gifu, 
gift. Cf. inori/iniatif.] A gift made to a wo- 
man by her liusband the morning after mar- 
riage : a practice formerly common in Europe 
(in some places a legal right of the bride), but 
now nearly obsolete. 
Now he has wooed the young counteai, 
The Countess of Balquhln, 
An* given her for a iiwrmiiQ-<j\ft 
Strathhoggie and Aboyne. 
Lard Tkimua Stuart (Child's Ballads, III. 357). 
She Is described as dwelling at Winchester In the pos- 
session, not only of great landed possessions, the marning- 
ffifltat her two marriages, but of Immense hoarded wealth 
of every kind. K. A. freeman, Norman Conquest, II. S. 
morning-glory (mdr'ning-glo'ri), n. A plant 
of the genus Iponuea, especially /. purpurea. 
See l.-iiliiiliniii. 
morning-gown (m&r'ning-goun), w. A gown 
suitable for wearing in the morning. 
Seeing a great many in rich moming-goum*, he was 
amazed to find that persons of quality were up so early. 
morning-land (m6r'ning-land), n. [Cf. G. mor- 
genland, the East.] The East. [Poetical.] 
Where through the sands of morninij-land 
The camel bears the spice. 
Macaufay, Prophecy of Capys, st. 31. 
morning-room (mdr'ning-rSm), . A room used 
by the women of a family as a boudoir or sit- 
ting-room, and supposed to be occupied only 
before dinner. [Great Britain.] 
morning-speech (mdr'ning-spech), H. [ME. 
mornxpeche, moncettpeche : see morrov-xpe <<*.] 
Same as morrow-speech. See the quotation. 
The word mornittg-speeth (morgen-spRc) is as old as An- 
glo-Saxon times ; " morgen "signified both "morning "and 
"morrow," and the origin of the term would seem to be 
that the meeting was held either in the morning of the 
same day or on the morning (the morrow) of the day after 
that on which the (Hid held its feast and accompanying 
ceremonies, and that It afterwards became applied to other 
similar meetings of the Olid-brethren. 
Knyluh Oilds (E. E. T. S.), Int, p. xxxiil. 
morning-sphinx (mor'ning-sfingks), a. See 
MMt 
morning-star (mdr'ning-star'), n. [Cf. AS. mor- 
genxteorra (cf. G. morijemttern), < morgen, morn. 
a I. SeeKtfir. Q. A 
1 of metal, usually 
morning, + xteorra, star.] 
weapon consisting of a 1 
set with spikes, 
cither mounted 
upon a long 
handle or staff, 
usually of wood 
and used with 
both hands, or 
slung to the 
staff by a tlmni.' 
or chain. Also 
called holji-u-n- 
ter sprinklrr. 
Compare irnr- 
flail Mornlng- 
Btar halberd, a 
long handled wea- 
C having the 
le of a halberd or partisan, and below It a heavy ball 
or similar mass of iron set with spikes. Also morning- 
star partizan. See halberd, partisan. 
morning-tide (mor'ning-tid), . Morning; fig- 
uratively, the early part of any cmirse. espe- 
cially nt" life. r,,]ni,;irr Hiiirrinr-tiili: 
or War-Hall, beirir,in of 
i5th century. 
