Category:Danite

Dan"ite, n.

1. A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan. Judges xiii. 2.

2. Etym: [So called in remembrance of the prophecy in Gen. xlix. 17, "Dan shall be a serpent by the way," etc.]

Defn: One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things. [U. S.]