jacobite (n.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his
abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688
in favor of William and Mary.
jacobite (n.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named
after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.
jacobite (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
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jacobite jak′o-bīt, n. an adherent of James
II. and his descendants: in Church history, a Syrian monophysite, named
after the 6th-century monk, Jacobus Baradæus.—adjs.Jac′obite, Jacobit′ic, -al.—n.Jac′obitism
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