Jacobite
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Jacobite
- /ˈd͡ʒækəbaɪt/
Where it comes from
From Latin Jācōbus (“James”) + -ite, equivalent to Jacob + -ite.
noun Jacobites
- A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century. Among the Jacobites the dismay was great
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A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite.
Similar: Jacobin
- A follower of Henry Jacob, a 16th–17th-century Puritan theologian; an early Congregationalist. Dawson rightly points […] especially to the semi-separatist Henry Jacob (1563–1624), who in 1616 had founded in Southwark what is regarded as the first Congregational Church in England. These “Jacobites,” as they were called, organized around a group of ordained Anglicans who had fallen out with the
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Talk about this word "Jacobite." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jacobite. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Jacobite. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jacobite "Jacobite." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jacobite.Cite this
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title = {Jacobite},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
