Morianton / Morionton Variants

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Variant Spellings of MORIANTON


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

Alma 50:30

O: MORIONTON
P: Moreanton > Morianton

Alma 50:35a

O: Mononton > Morionton
P: Morianton

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.

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