Jacobite
[ jak-uh-bahyt ]
/ ˈdʒæk əˌbaɪt /
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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.
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OTHER WORDS FROM Jacobite
Jac·o·bit·ic [jak-uh-bit-ik], /ˌdʒæk əˈbɪt ɪk/, Jac·o·bit·i·cal, adjectiveJac·o·bit·ism, nounWords nearby Jacobite
Jacobian, Jacobin, Jacobina, Jacobinize, Jacobins, Jacobite, Jacobite glass, Jacobite Rebellion, Jacobs, Jacobsen, Jacob sheep
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British Dictionary definitions for Jacobite
Jacobite
/ (ˈdʒækəˌbaɪt) /
noun
British 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
Derived forms of Jacobite
Jacobitic (ˌdʒækəˈbɪtɪk), adjectiveJacobitism, nounWord Origin for Jacobite
C17: from Late Latin Jacōbus James + -ite 1
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