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Jacobite noun2 & adjective2. E17.
[from ecclesiastical Latin Jacobus (see JACOB) + -ITE1.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to James I, king of England; Jacobean. Only in E17.
2. Hist. Designating, of, or pertaining to a Jacobite or the Jacobites. L17.
b. Of glass or pottery: bearing inscriptions and emblems which indicate Jacobite sympathies. M20.
B. noun.
1. Hist. A supporter of James II, King of England (reigned 1685-8), after his removal from the throne in 1688, or of his descendants or the Stuarts. Cf. WILLIAMITE noun 2. L17.
2. An admirer of Henry James (see JACOBEAN adjective 3). E20.
Jacobitical adjective of or pertaining to the Jacobites, holding Jacobite principles L18.
Jacobitish adjective (rare) = Jacobitical E18.
Jacobitishly adverb (rare) L19.
Jacobitism noun (Hist.) the principles of the Jacobites; adherence to or sympathy with the Stuart cause: E18.