Rechabite

British  

/ ˈrɛkəˌbaɪt /

noun

1. a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites , a society devoted to abstention

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Etymology

Origin of Rechabite

C14: via Medieval Latin from Hebrew Rēkābīm descendants of Rēkāb . See Jeremiah 35:6

Example Sentences

Rechabite on an inscription on Job, 140. —— the use of Misereres, 39.

From Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 5, January-June, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc by Bell, George

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)

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

A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various