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Danite
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daníte
English
Dan,tribe of Dan
Etymology
From en Dan ite.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdæˌnaɪt/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Danite.wav US
en Da nite Dan ite
Noun
A descendant of Dan, fifth son of Jacob.
A descendant or member of the Tribe of Dan tribe of Dan.
en 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
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Of or pertaining to Dan, or to the tribe of Dan.
See also
en Abraham, en Isaac, and en Jacob (en Israel)
descendants of the patriarch Jacob, later renamed Israel: en Asher (en Asherite), en Benjamin (en Benjaminite), en Dan (en Danite), en Gad (en Gadite), en Issachar (en Issacharite), en Joseph (en Josephite: en Ephraim (en Ephraimite), en Manasseh (en Manassite)), en Judah (en Judahite), en Levi (en Levite), en Naphtali (en Naphtalite), en Reuben (en Reubenite), en Simeon (en Simeonite), en Zebulun (en Zebulunite)
en Israel
en Israeli
en Israelite
en Israelitic
en Israelitish
en Jew
en Jewish
en Judah
en Judean
Anagrams
en adeint tienda nidate -tadine detain indate Tienda taneid in date
en eponyms
en People Bible