Jacobitism

American  

[ja-kuh-bahyt-i-zuhm] / ˈdʒæ kəˌbaɪtˌɪ zəm /

noun

1. History/Historical. the beliefs or practices of the Jacobites.

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Example Sentences

Swift scorned Jacobitism, and had a righteous contempt for “divine right and absolute prerogative.”

From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by Daly, J. Bowles (John Bowles)

Now it was some Cheshire or Lancashire Squire, snatched away from his Inn, at the Hercules' Pillars, or the Catherine Wheel in the Borough, as being vehemently suspected of Jacobitism.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

Of course my Jacobitism is purely impersonal, though scarcely more so than yours, at this late day; at least it is merely a poetic sentiment, for which Caroline, Baroness Nairne is mainly responsible.

From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Perhaps the event which tended most to quiet the spirit of Jacobitism among the lower classes in the town, was the erection of silk mills, in 1717.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.

It was such men who defeated Irish Jacobitism by the treason of Limerick; it was such men who defeated Scotch Jacobitism by the treason of Glencoe.

From A Short History of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)