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Definition of Jacobites

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 Jacobites from wikipedia

- D’Éguilles, unofficial French envoy to the Jacobites, had a low opinion of him and other senior Jacobites, describing Lochgarry as "a bandit", and suggesting...
- James, from the Latin Jācōbus. Jacobite or Jacobitism may refer to: Arminianism, the theology of Jacobus Arminius Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus...
- Monument to the Royal Stuarts The Jacobite succession is the line through which Jacobites believed that the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland should...
- substantial support from English Jacobites and a simultaneous French landing in Southern England. On that basis, the Jacobite army entered England in early...
- The battle lasted only an hour, with the Jacobites suffering a bloody defeat; between 1,500 and 2,000 Jacobites were killed or wounded, while about 300...
- leading gentlemen in Huntingdonshire. The English Jacobites joined with a force of Scottish Borderer Jacobites, led by William Gordon, 6th Viscount Kenmure...
- Peerage, 2nd edition, vol.IV , p 525 'The Stuart Court in Exile and the Jacobites', by Eveline Cruickshanks, p. xvii General Philipp Browne, son of Maximilian...
- Named after "Jacobus", the Latin for James, his supporters were known as 'Jacobites' and the ****ociated political movement as Jacobitism. The 1689 rising...
- England, Scotland and Ireland since the abdication of James II in 1688. By Jacobites they are thus regarded, if female, as rightful Queens Consort of England...
- Jacobites were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1982 by Nikki Sudden and Dave Kusworth, following the breakup of their respective previous...