\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.]