Jac|o|bite

Jac|o|bite
Jac|o|bite 1 «JAK uh byt», noun, adjective.
–n.
a supporter of James II and his descendants (the Stuart family) in their claims to the English throne after the English Revolution of 1688.
–adj.
of or having to do with the Jacobites: »

the Jacobite rebellions.

╂[< Late Latin Jacōbus James (see etym. under Jacob) (Cf. ↑Jacob) + English -ite1]
Jac|o|bite 2 «JAK uh byt», noun, adjective.
–n.
a member of the Monophysitic Syrian church, governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
–adj.
of the Jacobites or their beliefs.
╂[< Medieval Latin Jacobita < Jacobus Baradaeus, a monk of Edessa, who revived the Eutychian heresy in the 500's]

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