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plural Nephites
(Mormonism) A member of the group of descendants of Lehi's son Nephi who supposedly lived in the Americas from around 600 BC until 385 AD when the Lamanites wiped them out. quotations examples
For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it
1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, translation of original by Mormon, 2 Nephi 29:12