Nephite
noun
ˈnēˌfīt,
ˈneˌ-
plural -s
Mormonism
: a member of a people descended from Nephi, a son of the Jewish prophet Lehi who led a colony from Jerusalem to America about 600 b.c. organized as a church by the risen Christ, and exterminated by the Lamanites leaving the scriptures recorded in the Book of Mormon
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“Nephite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nephite. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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