L.D.S.

¹

abbreviation for

1. praise (be) to God forever.

L.D.S.

²

abbreviation for

1. Latter-day Saints.
2. Licentiate in Dental Surgery.

LDS

abbreviation for

1. Latter-day Saints
2. laus Deo semper
3. (in Britain) Licentiate in Dental Surgery

Word History and Origins

Origin of L.D.S.¹

From Latin laus Deō semper

Word History and Origins

Origin of L.D.S.¹

(for sense 2) Latin: praise be to God for ever

Example Sentences

Gay was cast in “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” which premiered in 2020 and distinguished itself by looking at how the women in the cast were influenced by organized religion, particularly the LDS church.

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Before “RHOSLC,” Gay was what she calls a “PIMO”; physically in, mentally out of the LDS church.

From Los Angeles Times

Like Gay, most of the original “RHOSLC” cast has ties to the LDS church.

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Its debut coincided with deafening discourse about the “trad wife” phenomenon, epitomized by LDS influencer and mother of eight Hannah Neeleman, a.k.a.

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Gay hopes the conversation continues: Despite the accountability faced by many institutions in the wake of movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, the LDS church “remains unchanged,” she says.

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