Jacobite

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdʒækəˌbaɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jak′ə bīt′)


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Jac•o•bite  ( jak′ə bīt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. World Historya partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
  2. Religiona member of the Syrian Monophysitic church, which was founded in the 6th century a.d. and was governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
  • Medieval Latin Jacōbīta, after Jacobus Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa (died 578); (in def. 1) compare James; see ite1
  • Middle French)
  • 1400–50; (in def. 2) late Middle English (
Jac•o•bit•ic  ( jak′ə bit′ik),USA pronunciation Jac′o•bit′i•cal, adj.  Jac′o•bit•ism, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Jacobite / ˈdʒækəˌbaɪt/
  1. an adherent of James II after his overthrow in 1688, or of his descendants in their attempts to regain the throne
Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin Jacōbus James + -ite1Jacobitic / ˌdʒækəˈbɪtɪk/
'Jacobite' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cumberland - Dundee - Forty-Five - Jacobite Rebellion - Jacobite glass - Prestonpans - Stuart

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