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Jac·o·bite 
[jak-uh-bahyt] Pronunciation Key
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[jak-uh-bahyt] Pronunciation Key –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: 1400–50; (in def. 2) late ME (< MF) < ML Jacōbīta, after Jacobus Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa (d. 578); (in def. 1) cf. James; see ite1]
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Jac·o·bit·ism, noun
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| Jac·o·bite
(jāk'ə-bīt') Pronunciation Key
n. A supporter of James II of England or of the Stuart pretenders after 1688. [From Latin Iacōbus, James; see Jacob.] Jac'o·bit'i·cal (-bĭt'ĭ-kəl) adj., Jac'o·bit·ism (-bī-tĭz'əm) n. |
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| jacobite | |
noun | |
| a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts |
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Jacobite
Jac"o*bite\, n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.]1. (Eng. Hist.) 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. --Macaulay. 2. (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Barad[ae]us, its leader in the sixth century.
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Jacobite
Jac"o*bite\, a. Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
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