Jacobitism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Episcopalians in the North showed a warm affection for the Stuarts during the distresses of that royal house, and such Jacobitism did the scattered congregations a deal of harm.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
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 George Augustus Sala
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 Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
He suspects Robert of Jacobitism, the supreme sin in the judgment of the old Governor.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
They would own no lover who did not don the white cockade of Jacobitism.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
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