- Rech|a|bite
- Rech|a|bite «REHK uh byt», noun.a total abstainer from alcoholic drinks: »
Yet snobs every bit as accomplished are to be found among both Rechabites and non-denominational water-drinkers (Punch).
╂[< Late Latin Rechabīta, plural, translation of Hebrew Rēkābim < Rēkāb, the father of the founder of a sect which refused to drink wine (in the Bible, Jeremiah 35:2-19); spelling influenced by English -ite1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.