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LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:25 pm
by Katya
If I was to look up a word or phrase in the dictionary and the definition I found was this:
The central place of worship of the Mormons
What word or phrase would you think I had looked up?
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:51 pm
by krebscout
...a chapel. Or maybe a temple.
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:03 pm
by Digit
The neocortex?
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:27 pm
by ahem.
Worship OF the Mormons, or FOR the Mormons. I am concerned there may be people out there worshiping us.
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:46 pm
by Katya
ahem. wrote:Worship OF the Mormons, or FOR the Mormons. I am concerned there may be people out there worshiping us.
[[place of worship] of the Mormons], not [place of [worship of the Mormons]]
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:47 pm
by Katya
(Also, much as I love the funny answers, I'd also appreciate more serious answers, because this is a genuine lexicographic question.)
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:03 pm
by Rifka
I agree with chapel or temple. If you're looking for something else, possibly a stake center?
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:15 pm
by ahem.
My first idea was also 'temple.'
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:33 pm
by Dragon Lady
My first thought was temple. Yellow's was stake.
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:50 pm
by NerdGirl
My first thought was stake center.
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:35 pm
by Marduk
I'd have to say temple. Lots of other Christian denominations use the term chapel, but only us and the Jews (as far as I'm aware) use the term temple.
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:27 pm
by Dragon Lady
RLDS (or whatever they're called now) also use the term temple.
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:07 pm
by Marduk
Yeah, sorry, I shoulda been more clear; by "us" I meant all LDS denominations and branches.
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:30 am
by Katya
This is one of the definitions for "temple" in the OED. I think it's misleading because it doesn't distinguish between meetinghouses (/chapels/stake centers) and temples. (Indeed the quotations referenced don't make a distinction either, which makes me wonder if the compilers of the OED aren't aware of the difference.)
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:42 am
by Eirene
I've talked to people who thought you needed to be a member in good standing and have a special pass to get into our regular Sunday meetings (i.e., they thought the restrictions for entering the temple applied to all of our meetings). Misconceptions abound!
Re: LDS terms
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:18 am
by Katya
Marduk wrote:I'd have to say temple. Lots of other Christian denominations use the term chapel, but only us and the Jews (as far as I'm aware) use the term temple.
I'm quite impressed with this feat of reverse engineering (but, as I said, the definition doesn't help those who are unfamiliar with the culture and conflate temples and meetinghouses).