Rameumptom

Rameumptom

Rameumptom: The Holy Stand. In the Book of Mormon, travelling missionaries, including Alma, were astonished to find that a group of proselytes had erected a tower, or stand, from which they proclaimed to the congregation their own superiority [cite web| title=Alma 31:21 | publisher=LDS Church | url=http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/31/21#21| accessdate=2007-11-01] . This stand they termed a "rameumptom." Alma and his companions vigorously opposed this practice of self-promotion.

In Mormon culture, the term "Rameumptom" can also have a metaphoric meaning signifying self aggrandizement or hubris. [cite web| title=What's a Rameumpton, Daddy? | publisher=Dialogue 22 (4) Winter 1989: 8-9 | url=http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/dialogue,23236 | accessdate=2007-11-01]

The word "rameumptom" may be etymologically related to the Hebrew "ramoth", meaning "high," and "miphtan", meaning "pillar."

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* [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/31/ Alma 31]


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