jacobite
IPA: dʒˈækʌbaɪt
Root Word: Jacobite
noun
- (historical) A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (Christianity, dated) A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (Christianity, historical) A follower of Henry Jacob, a 16th–17th-century Puritan theologian; an early Congregationalist.
Examples of "jacobite" in Sentences
- This proved to be a Jacobite defeat.
- She was thought to be a secret Jacobite.
- History of the Jacobite line of succession.
- Jacobite community, ideology and policy ==.
- Dancing was an important part of Jacobite culture.
- He collected Jacobite material but that was about it.
- He also maintained correspondence with the Jacobites.
- On the 26th the Jacobites entered Preston to cheering crowds.
- He later earned the undying hatred of the Jacobites by turning King's evidence.