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

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

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

The nobler elements had gathered to Jehu, as represented by the Rechabite, Jehonadab, evidently a Jehovah worshipper, and closely associated with the fierce soldier in this chapter.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander

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)

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