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golden plates

golden plates proper noun: the plates of wrought gold said to have been discovered by Joseph Smith at the hill Cumorah in Palmyra, New York, and to have served as the source of the Book of Mormon.

Proper noun

the golden plates

  1. (Mormonism) The plates of wrought gold said to have been discovered by Joseph Smith at the hill Cumorah in Palmyra, New York, and to have served as the source of the Book of Mormon.

Forms of golden plates

alternative formGolden Plates

Questions about golden plates

What does golden plates mean?
Golden plates means the plates of wrought gold said to have been discovered by Joseph Smith at the hill Cumorah in Palmyra, New York, and to have served as the source of the Book of Mormon.
What part of speech is golden plates?
Golden plates is a proper noun.

Words near golden plates in the dictionary

  1. golden penda
  2. golden pendas
  3. golden pheasant
  4. golden pheasants
  5. Golden Plains
  6. golden plates
  7. golden plover
  8. golden plovers
  9. golden plum
  10. golden plums
  11. Golden Point

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