Jacobite

Meaning

Noun

  • A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century.
  • One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites led by Jacob Baradaeus in the sixth century.

Origin

  • From Latin Jacobus ("James") -ite.

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