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Jacobite
[ jak-uh-bahyt ]
noun
- a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- a member of the Syrian Monophysitic church, which was founded in the 6th century a.d. and was governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
Jacobite
/ ˌdʒækəˈbɪtɪk; ˈdʒækəˌbaɪt /
noun
- history an adherent of James II after his overthrow in 1688, or of his descendants in their attempts to regain the throne
- a member of the Monophysite Church of Syria, which became a schismatic church in 451 ad
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Derived Forms
- Jacobitic, adjective
- ˈJacoˌbitism, noun
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Other Words From
- Jac·o·bit·ic [jak-, uh, -, bit, -ik], Jaco·biti·cal adjective
- Jaco·bit·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Jacobite1
1400–50; Jacobite ( indef 2 ) late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin Jacōbīta, after Jacobus Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa (died 578); Jacobite ( indef 1 ) James; -ite 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Jacobite1
C17: from Late Latin Jacōbus James + -ite 1
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Example Sentences
It would not by any means have based its distinctive character upon mere Jacobite principles.
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Although he had submitted to the new Constitution, he was a thorough Jacobite in feeling.
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But there was undoubtedly a large body of Jacobite clergymen who in various ways reconciled this to their conscience.
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The fires of the Puritan faction had smouldered out; those of the Jacobite frenzy had hardly had time to rekindle.
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And now a shopkeeper has filled his window with royal Stuart tartans, and I am instantly a Jacobite.
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