Definitions for Jacobite

Jacobite Jac·o·bite

Spelling: [jak-uh-bahyt]
IPA: /ˈdʒæk əˌbaɪt/

Jacobite is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in Jacobite (abceijot).

Definitions for Jacobite

noun

  1. a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
  2. a member of the Syrian Monophysitic church, which was founded in the 6th century a.d. and was governed by the patriarch of Antioch.

Origin of Jacobite

1400-50; (in def 2) late Middle English (Middle French) Medieval Latin Jacōbīta, after Jacobus Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa (died 578); (in def 1) cf. James; see

Examples for Jacobite

The house of the Earl of Huntingdon, a noted Jacobite, was searched.

Besides, though I had never mixed with politics, I was a Jacobite by inheritance.

The Jacobite sentiments were general among the western counties, and in Wales.

It was afterwards the place of meeting for the Jacobite nobles, and their adherents.

Yes; he contrived to entangle himself in some Jacobite plot.

The Jacobite bishop exalted the prerogatives of princes and kings.

The penitent was informed by his Jacobite friends that he was forgiven.

He left some thousands to his son, Jeremiah, an attorney and a strong Jacobite.

The Jacobite ladies were as fearless as they were persevering.

Strange, an expert engraver, was printing Jacobite bank-notes.

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