Endowment (Mormonism)
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In Mormonism, the endowment usually refers to the first endowment, which is a two-part ordinance designed for participants to become kings, queens, priests, and priestesses in the afterlife. In the fi
The celestial room in temples like the Salt Lake Temple shown here represents the highest level of heaven in LDS theology, and is reached after passing the testing portion of the endowment ceremony.
Woman's endowment clothing circa the 1870s, from an illustration in Mark Twain's Roughing It.
Public exposure of the endowment due to the 1904–1907 US Reed Smoot hearings include this photo from a Washington, D.C. newspaper depicting a man in temple clothing performing some of the ceremony's ritual arm and hand motions called "signs".
A woman in the ceremonial temple garb used during the modern LDS endowment and sealing marriage ceremonies. For men, a cap and pants are worn instead of a veil and dress.
Ordinance room
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In temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an ordinance room is a room where the ceremony known as the Endowment is administered, as well as other ordinances such as Sealings. Some
The Creation (or Lecture) Room
Salt Lake Temple Garden Room
Salt Lake Temple World room/Telestial Room
Salt Lake Temple Terrestrial room and veil