English Dictionary

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

固有名詞

A denomination of Mormonism, widely known for practising polygamy, which split from the main church over the issue of the banning of plural marriage, seen to be placating the United States government on secular worldly issues, and compromising the true faith.

日本語の意味

モルモン教の一派で、一夫多妻制を実践していることで広く知られる宗派。主流の教会から、多妻制禁止の問題を巡って分離した派であり、米国政府との折衷など、世俗的問題に妥協する形で分裂が生じた背景があるとされる。

意味（1）

A denomination of Mormonism, widely known for practising polygamy, which split from the main church over the issue of the banning of plural marriage, seen to be placating the United States government on secular worldly issues, and compromising the true faith.