Rechabite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rechabite \Re"chab*ite\ (r[=e]"k[a^]b*[imac]t), n. (Jewish
     Hist.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]