Jacobinical

American  

[ja-kuhb-in-ik-uhl] / ˌdʒæ kəbˈɪn ɪk əl /

adjective

1. History/Historical. of or relating to the Jacobins or their beliefs and practices.

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Example Sentences

The conduct of this country towards Ireland has been perfectly Jacobinical.

From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Jones, Edgar R. (Edgar Rees), Sir

They arose from her own ill policy, which dismantled all her towns, and discontented all her subjects by Jacobinical innovations.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

There is in his correspondence with the Ministers of this country a total renunciation of Jacobinical principles.

From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Jones, Edgar R. (Edgar Rees), Sir

Let Jacobinical principles, such as some of our Northern brethren inculcate, prevail here, and they at once destroy this benevolent relation.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah

Wordsworth's muse was essentially liberal—one may say, Jacobinical.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various