Definitions
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- noun historical Any of the
descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab. They belonged to the Kenites who accompanied the children ofIsrael into the holy land, and dwelt among them.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the coffee palace, as a viable alternative to hotels, was a Rechabite concept introduced to Melbourne in the 1880s.
Archive 2009-02-01 Hels 2009
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But the coffee palace, as a viable alternative to hotels, was a Rechabite concept introduced to Melbourne in the 1880s.
Coffee Palaces, Temperance and Melbourne Hels 2009
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He was a Rechabite; he walked barefoot, and never shaved; went and prostrated himself in the Jewish temple twice a day, and was surnamed by the Jews Oblia, signifying the just.
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Pickets on the Philadelphia Pike as far as the Rechabite
Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After Henry Bascom Smith
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A Rechabite, he believed, went to a tent, or habitation, for the purpose (among others) of abstaining from alcoholic drinks.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Can a man who is on weekdays a Freemason, a Rechabite, an Oddfellow, a
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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On Mondays, you say, he was a Rechabite and went to tent.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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They'll be putting him in the family vault at Lezayre with his father, the staunch ould Rechabite.
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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(Ezekiel 11: 1) (B.C. 593.) + A Rechabite, son of Jeremiah.
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The Rechabite sheikh was evidently a man of mark, and apparently one of the leaders of those who had not 'bowed the knee to
Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Alexander Maclaren 1868
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