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Definition of Jacobite

Jacobite
Jacobite Jac"o*bite, n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.] 1. (Eng. Hist.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. --Macaulay. 2. (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Barad[ae]us, its leader in the sixth century.
Jacobite
Jacobite Jac"o*bite, a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

Meaning of Jacobite from wikipedia

- monarch and people, which if violated meant the monarch could be removed. Jacobites argued monarchs were appointed by God, or divine right, and could not...
- Look up Jacobite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up Jacobitism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A Jacobite is a follower of someone named Jacob...
- The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place...
- Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated...
- The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church , or the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, is a Maphrianate of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch based in Kerala...
- Monument to the Royal Stuarts The Jacobite succession is the line through which Jacobites believed that the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland should...
- The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Sheumais [ˈpliən̪ˠə ˈheːmɪʃ]; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old...
- The Jacobite is a steam locomotive-hauled tourist train service that operates over part of the West Highland Line in Scotland. It has been operating under...
- considerable support in largely Catholic Ireland, where his supporters, known as Jacobites, hoped he would address long-standing grievances on land ownership, religion...
- The Jacobite Army, sometimes referred to as the Highland Army, was the military force ****embled by Charles Edward Stuart and his Jacobite supporters during...