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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jacobite \Jac"o*bite\, prop. n. [L. Jacobus James: cf. F.
Jacobite. See 2d {Jack}.]
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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.
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2. (Eccl.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect
is named after Jacob Barad[ae]us, its leader in the sixth
century.
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