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单词 danite
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Daniten.

/ˈdanʌɪt/
Etymology: < Dan, the name of one of the sons of Jacob and of the tribe of Israel founded by him + -ite suffix1. Compare Genesis xlix. 16 and 17.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
1. A member of the Hebrew tribe of Dan.
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Levite1377
Rechabitea1382
Simeonite1530
Danite1535
Yemenite1566
Hasmonean1583
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xiii. 2 There was a man at Zarga, of one of the kynreds of the Danites, named Manoah.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1060 The Danite strong Herculean Samson. View more context for this quotation
1847 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. (new ed.) I. 514/1 The inability of the Danites to expel the Philistines and Amorites.
1968 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 119/1 The Levite, however, was persuaded by the Danites migrating northward to accompany them and he became the first priest of the famous sanctuary at Dan.
2. A member of an alleged secret order of Mormons supposed to have arisen in the early days of that sect to act as spies and suppressors of disaffection.
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Danite1838
destroying angel1838
1838 Test (Rushville, Illinois) 12 Dec. 3/4 There, Patton, one of the bloodiest of the Danites, directed two of his bands.
1857 Congress. Globe 24 Feb. App. 289/3 They suppose that there is a secret society existing there, called Danites, Shanpips, or Destroying Angels.
1882 C. Waite Adventures Far West 252 The Danites are expected to act as spies upon the federal officers and other gentiles; to watch the feelings and spirits of the saints, and to report the first indications of disaffection.
1905 Daily Chron. 22 June 3/1 The duties of the Danites, or ‘avenging angels’.
1948 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 61 20 See those dreadful Danites how they lynch many lives.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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