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

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

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

They'll be putting him in the family vault at Lezayre with his father, the staunch ould Rechabite.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

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