1(in the Bible) a member of an Israelite family, descended from Rechab, who refused to drink wine or live in houses (Jer. 35).
（《圣经》）利甲族人（据《耶利米书》第35章记载，利甲后代的以色列家庭拒绝饮酒和居于房屋之内）
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‘Go to the clan of the Rechabites and speak to them.’
1.1A member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a benefit society of teetotallers, founded in 1835.
（属于1835年创建的独立禁酒团的）禁酒者
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Between his blacksmithing and mining interest Peter Doig also found time to become a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites and preside over many of its later meetings at the ‘Star of the North’.
The main societies in Australia included the Australian Natives Association, Buffaloes, Druids, Foresters, Free Gardeners, Freemasons, Hibernians, Oddfellows, Protestant Alliance, Rechabites, and Sons of Temperance.
Development of a different nature was the establishment in July 1869 of the Blinman Lodge of the Ancient Order of Forresters with eleven members, followed in November by the Independent Order of Rechabites.
Definition of Rechabite in US English:
Rechabite
nounˈrekəˌbītˈrɛkəˌbaɪt
(in the Bible) a member of an Israelite family, descended from Rechab, who refused to drink wine or live in houses (Jer. 35).
（《圣经》）利甲族人（据《耶利米书》第35章记载，利甲后代的以色列家庭拒绝饮酒和居于房屋之内）
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‘Go to the clan of the Rechabites and speak to them.’