Definition of Jacobete
Jac"o*bite (?), n. [L. Jacobus
James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.]
1. (Eng. Hist.) A partisan or
adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his
descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William
and Mary. Macaulay.
2. (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian
Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus,
its leader in the sixth century.
Jac"o*bite, a. Of or pertaining to
the Jacobites.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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