Rechabite
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Rechabite
C14: via Medieval Latin from Hebrew Rēkābīm descendants of Rēkāb . See Jeremiah 35:6
Example Sentences
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Mondays he was a Rechabite and went to tent.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Late that night, as Amalek, the great Rechabite Bedouin sheikh, was sitting before his tent, a horseman rode up to him.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
On Mondays, you say, he was a Rechabite and went to tent.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
We do not stand here in the character of a modern Rechabite.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John
I was born near it, and used to drink at that pump when I was a Rechabite of six years old.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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