Definition of legitimism in English:
legitimism
noun lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪz(ə)mləˈdʒɪdəˌmɪzəm
mass nounSupport for a sovereign or pretender whose claim to a throne is based on direct descent.
Jacobite propaganda repeated the principles of Stuart legitimism
Example sentencesExamples
- The milieu of moderate liberalism certainly shaped Tocqueville's views on the inevitability of the democratic revolution, and hence his decisive break with legitimism and his family.
- In the face of the Jane Grey débâcle, the Norfolk gentry were persuaded of her Tudor legitimism; they learned the extent of her Catholicism only after she was safely enthroned at Westminster.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French légitimisme, from légitime, from Latin legitimus (see legitimate).
Definition of legitimism in US English:
legitimism
nounləˈjidəˌmizəmləˈdʒɪdəˌmɪzəm
Support for a ruler whose claim to a throne is based on direct descent.
Jacobite propaganda repeated the principles of Stuart legitimism
Example sentencesExamples
- The milieu of moderate liberalism certainly shaped Tocqueville's views on the inevitability of the democratic revolution, and hence his decisive break with legitimism and his family.
- In the face of the Jane Grey débâcle, the Norfolk gentry were persuaded of her Tudor legitimism; they learned the extent of her Catholicism only after she was safely enthroned at Westminster.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French légitimisme, from légitime, from Latin legitimus (see legitimate).