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jacobite

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for jacobite.

Editorial note

That usually involves some sort of ideological position: National Review is neoconservative, Jacobite is far left, n+1 is progressive.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(Christianity, dated) A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite. [from 15th c.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of jacobite gathered in one view.

noun

(Christianity, dated) A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite. [from 15th c.]

noun

(Christianity, historical) A follower of Henry Jacob, a 16th–17th-century Puritan theologian; an early Congregationalist.

noun

(historical) A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century. [from 17th c.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for jacobite.

noun

(Christianity, dated) A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite. [from 15th c.]

noun

(Christianity, historical) A follower of Henry Jacob, a 16th–17th-century Puritan theologian; an early Congregationalist.

noun

(historical) A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century. [from 17th c.]

Example sentences

1

That usually involves some sort of ideological position: National Review is neoconservative, Jacobite is far left, n+1 is progressive.

2

For the previous hundred years, Jacobite rebellions in Europe had been crushed, seemingly due mainly to tactical failure (e.g.

3

Your criticism is like complaining that the McMansion can't be used to put down the Jacobite Rising.

4

There are plenty of political crackpots on the internet, but how many condemn the American Revolution and support the Jacobite cause?

5

The main supporters of Divine Right of Kings were Catholics and the Jacobite rebels in Ireland and Scotland, not Protestant supporters of the British government.

6

History gets blurry before the clearances and the Jacobite revolution.

7

The sheep economy was forced upon Scotland by the British during the Highland Clearances [1] which followed the subjugation of the Highlands after the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

8

A Quick-and-Dirty Introduction to Accelerationism in Jacobite Magazine.

9

A singular action with no bloodshed that sparked a long series of bloody revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719, and culminated in the Jacobite rising of 1745.

10

For example, it was a major reason for the Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland in 1745, the Irish independence movement was organized thanks to the clan system in the 19th and early 20th century, etc.

11

- Iraq: Tamerlane annihilated Nestorian and Jacobite Christians.

12

To be precise, their original goal [0] was to map Scotland in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, to to help the crown to subjugate the clans (as opposed to just lobbing arty fire at them).

Proper noun examples

1

Most people don't know that most of Scotland including non-Jacobite areas was garrisoned in the late 1740s.

2

Jacobite is more like a collective blog in the style of Quilette, but it's medium-to-frequently-high quality.

3

He was a Jacobite, convicted of treason in 1715 and given a choice of either hanging or America, so it's not like an abundance of entrepreneurial spirit drove him to emigrate.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use jacobite in a sentence?

That usually involves some sort of ideological position: National Review is neoconservative, Jacobite is far left, n+1 is progressive.

What does jacobite mean?

(Christianity, dated) A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite. [from 15th c.]

What part of speech is jacobite?

jacobite is commonly used as noun.