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Gadiantons

Gadiantons is the plural of Gadianton.

Meaning of Gadianton

Noun

Gadianton (plural Gadiantons)

  1. (Mormonism, also, attributive) A member of various criminal secret societies described in the Book of Mormon.
    • What made the Gadiantons serious ideological opponents of republicanism rather than mere thugs were their political ambitions. Cynics have called government “organized theft,” and the Gadiantons took this principle to its logical extreme.1989, Kenneth H. Winn, Exiles in a Land of Liberty: Mormons in America, 1830–1846, →ISBN, page 33

Questions about Gadiantons

What is Gadiantons the plural of?
Gadiantons is the plural of Gadianton.

Words near Gadiantons in the dictionary

  1. Gadhavis
  2. Gadhdhoo
  3. Gadhelic
  4. gadi
  5. Gadianton
  6. Gadiantons
  7. gadic
  8. gadic acid
  9. gadid
  10. gadids
  11. gadies and lentlemen

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