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Reʹchabites (3 syl.)

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A religious sect founded by Jonadab, son of Rechab, who enjoined his family to abstain from wine and to dwell in tents, (Jer. xxxv. 6, 7.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ready-to-Halt
Real Jam
Real Presence
Rear-mouse or Rere-mouse
Reason
Rebecca
Rebeccaites
Rebellion (The)
Rebus (Latin, with things)
Reception (To get a)
Rechabites
Receipt
Recipe
Reck his own Rede (To)
Reckon (I)
Reckoning without your Host
Reclaim
Recorded
Recreant
Rector
Reculer pour Mieux Sauter

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Rechabites