Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Danite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Danite \Dan"ite\, n.
1. A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan.
--Judges xiii. 2.
2. [So called in remembrance of the prophecy in Gen. xlix.
17, ``Dan shall be a serpent by the way,'' etc.] One of a
secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey
the heads of the church in all things. [U. S.]
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