Danite
Americannoun
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a member of the tribe of Dan.
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a member of an alleged secret order of Mormons supposed to have been formed about 1837.
Etymology
Origin of Danite
Example Sentences
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There was need for help, as the Danite well saw; then, too, inactivity was torture.
From The Mormon Prophet by Lily Dougall
An interesting public document—The Danite band—Testimony of Dr. Avard—Paper drafted by Rigdon.
From Gleanings by the Way by John A. Clark
And though, of course, in these latter years, they have become considerably mixed, yet an appeal on either of these points will mark out the Danite from the Phœnician.
From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Joseph Wild
They asked to be allowed to organize a Danite force for the protection of the settlement.
From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Alfred Henry Lewis
All the powers of the young Danite were strung by excitement into the fiercest vitality, and he thought that physical fatigue was the best medicine for Susannah's mind.
From The Mormon Prophet by Lily Dougall
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