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Jac·o·bite

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–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·ic

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Jac·o·bit·ism, noun

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Jac·o·bite Audio Help (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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Jacobitism

Jac"o*bit*ism`\, n. The principles of the Jacobites. --Mason.

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