Definitions for jacobitism
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Jac•o•biteˈdʒæk əˌbaɪt(n.)
a partisan of James II of England after his overthrow in 1688, or of the Stuarts.
Category: Western History
Origin of Jacobite:
1689; see Jacobean,-ite1
Jac′o•bit•ism(n.)
Wiktionary
Jacobitism(Noun)
The political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland.
Webster Dictionary
Jacobitism(noun)
the principles of the Jacobites
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