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Rebekah U.S.|rɪˈbɛkə|
Also Rebecca.
[The form, in the Authorized Version of the Bible, of the name Rebecca, used in allusion to Gen. xxiv. 60.]
A member of a society or ‘order’ of women, founded in Indiana in 1851 as a complementary organization to that of the Odd Fellows. Also attrib.
1860C. E. De Long Jrnl. 27 July in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1931) X. 252 Met in the Lodge Room. Rebeccas & Brothers & had a free & easy. 1913Chicago Record-Herald 16 Mar. v. 6/5 The staff of Maple Leaf Rebekah Lodge, No. 369, will confer the Rebekah degree on a large class of candidates. 1930Randolph Enterprise (Elkins, W. Va.) 16 Jan. 5/4 They sure have a fine bunch of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs down there. 1949Milwaukie (Oregon) Rev. 28 July 6/3 Mrs. Wanda Million and Mrs. Esther Lineagar were initiated into the Milwaukie Rebekah lodge at last week's meeting in the city hall. 1972Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 3 Nov. 7/2 (caption) Rebekahs—Members of the Rebekahs are interested in forming an Independent Order of the Odd Fellows in Fairbanks. |