Morianton / Morionton Variants

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Variant Spellings of MORIANTON


Morionton

Alma 50:25
O: Morionton
P, 1830-1981: Morianton
Alma 50:26a
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:28a
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:28b
O: MO< >)[ ]<<%[o|r]%>>rionton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:29
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:30
O: MORIONTON
P: Moreanton > Morianton
Alma 50:32
O: MoRION)ton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:33
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:35a
O: Mononton > Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:35b
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:35c
O: Morionton
P: Corianton > Morianton
Alma 50:36a
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 50:36b
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 51:1
O: MORIONTo)n
P: Morianton
Alma 51:26
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 51:29
O: Morionton
P: Morianton
Alma 55:33a
O: MORIONTON
P: Morianton
Alma 55:33b
O: MORIONTON
P: Morionton
Alma 59:5
O: MORIONTON
P: Morionton

Moreanton

Alma 50:30
O: MORIONTON
P: Moreanton > Morianton

Mononton

Alma 50:35a
O: Mononton > Morionton
P: Morianton

Corianton

Alma 50:35c
O: Morionton
P: Corianton > Morianton

Discussion: Every extant occurrence of this name in O is spelled Morionton. Cowdery changed Morionton to Morianton in P for all but two times, in Alma 55:33b and 59:5. The instances in the Book of Ether are not extant in O, but since it is a different personage and there is no textual evidence from O, his name was probably Morianton.

Summary: Skousen accepts Morionton for personage in Alma, and Morianton for personage in Ether.

Source: ATV 3:1371, 4:2624-25, 6:3579; OM 409-12, 440, 467; PM 642-4, 649, 668.