əˌbaɪt 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.
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Jacobite (ˈdʒækəˌbaɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) history an adherent of James II after his overthrow in 1688, or of his descendants in their attempts to regain the throne |
| 2. | a member of the Monophysite Church of Syria, which became a schismatic church in 451 |
| [C17: from Late Latin Jacōbus James + | |
| Jacobitic | |
| —adj | |
| 'Jacobitism | |
| —n | |
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