Danite

See also: daníte

English

Etymology

Dan +‎ -ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæˌnaɪt/

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• Hyphenation: Da‧nite, Dan‧ite

Noun

Danite (plural Danites)

1. A descendant of Dan, fifth son of Jacob.
2. A descendant or member of the tribe of Dan.
3. (Mormonism, chiefly historical) A member of a fraternal vigilante group founded by members of the Latter Day Saints in the 1830s.

Usage notes

The second sense used to refer to a band of armed men formed into companies of tens and fifties, as described by Mr. Sampson Avard; the phrase "Council of Fifty" was used in discourse against that group.

Adjective

Danite (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Dan, or to the tribe of Dan.

See also

• Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel)
• (descendants of the patriarch Jacob, later renamed Israel): Asher (Asherite), Benjamin (Benjaminite), Dan (Danite), Gad (Gadite), Issachar (Issacharite), Joseph (Josephite: Ephraim (Ephraimite), Manasseh (Manassite)), Judah (Judahite), Levi (Levite), Naphtali (Naphtalite), Reuben (Reubenite), Simeon (Simeonite), Zebulun (Zebulunite)
• Israel
• Israeli
• Israelite
• Israelitic
• Israelitish
• Jew
• Jewish
• Judah
• Judean

Anagrams

• -tadine, Tienda, detain, in date, indate, nidate, tienda