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Webster 1913 Edition

Jacobitism

Jac′o-bit-ismˊ

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Noun.

The principles of the Jacobites.

Mason.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jacobitism

JAC'OBITISM

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Noun.

The principles of the partizans of James II.

Definition 2024

Jacobitism

Jacobitism

English

Noun

Jacobitism ‎(usually uncountable, plural Jacobitisms)

(historical) 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.