Jacobitism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Jacobitism as a fighting force was dead, and even Charles Edward saw that it was hopeless to conquer England with five thousand Highlanders.
From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by John Richard Green
Among families of distinction, like the Camerons of Lochiel, the Oliphants of Gask, and many others, Jacobitism formed part of the religion of gallant, simple-minded gentlemen and of high-spirited, devoted women.
From The Red True Story Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
Henceforth English Jacobitism would have to battle unaided against the throne of the Revolution.
From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by John Richard Green
Balcarres, Lord, when confined in Edinburgh Castle on suspicion of Jacobitism, was visited by the apparition of Viscount Dundee—shot at that moment at Killiecrankie.
From Real Ghost Stories by Estelle W. Stead
Of Gaelic proverbs there is scarce a trace, showing how faintly, despite his Jacobitism, his sympathies were aroused by Celtic tradition or Celtic poetry.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
