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Definition of Danite

Danite
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.]

Meaning of Danite from wikipedia

- The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint members in June 1838, in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. During...
- Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. Hickman was reputedly a member of the Danites. In April 1854, Hickman was asked by Young to go to Green River and establish...
- first militias was the Danite. The first military unit was the Nauvoo Legion, the city militia for Nauvoo, Illinois. The Danites were a fraternal organization...
- reported the existence of the Danite group among the latter-day saints and repeated a po****r rumor that a group of Danites was planning to attack and burn...
- ha-Dani (Hebrew: אֶלְדָּד בֶּן מַחְלִי הַדָּנִי, lit. 'Eldad son of Mahli the Danite') (fl. c. 851 – c. 900) was a ninth-century Jewish merchant, traveller,...
- Confession, and Startling Disclosures of the Notorious Bill Hickman, the Danite Chief of Utah. Bedford, M****achusetts: Applewood Books. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-4290-1975-0...
- were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges. The most celebrated Danite was Samson, a Danite judge from the period of settlement in the lands allotted by...
- one of the founders and leaders of the Mormon vigilantes known as the Danites, which existed in Missouri during the Missouri Mormon War in 1838. Sampson...
- descended from these Danites. Some Beta Israel, however, ****ert that their Danite origins go back to the time of Moses, when some Danites parted from other...
- heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betra**** by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson...