ˈnēˌfīt, ˈneˌ- noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Nephi, son of the Jewish prophet Lehi in the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi 1) + English -ite
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