Danite

== English == === Etymology === From Dan +‎ -ite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdæˌnaɪt/ Hyphenation: Da‧nite, Dan‧ite === Noun === Danite (plural Danites) A descendant of Dan, fifth son of Jacob. A descendant or member of the tribe of Dan. (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) 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 === tienda, nidate, -tadine, detain, indate, Tienda, taneid, in date