Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RECHABITE
RECHABITE Re "chab *ite, n. (Jewish Hist. )
Defn: One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Rechabite
Rech ab ite |ˈrekəˌbīt ˈrɛkəˌbaɪt | ▶noun (in the Bible ) a member of an Israelite family, descended from Rechab, who refused to drink wine or live in houses (Jer. 35 ).
Oxford Dictionary
Rechabite
Rechabite |ˈrɛkəbʌɪt | ▶noun (in the Bible ) a member of an Israelite family, descended from Rechab, who refused to drink wine or live in houses (Jer. 35 ). • a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a benefit society of teetotallers, founded in 1835.
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