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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Jac•o•bite ( jak′ə bīt′),USA pronunciation n. - World Historya partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- Religiona member of the Syrian Monophysitic church, which was founded in the 6th century a.d. and was governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Medieval Latin Jacōbīta, after Jacobus Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa (died 578); (in def. 1) compare James; see ite1
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- 1400–50; (in def. 2) late Middle English (
Jac•o•bit•ic ( jak′ə bit′ik),USA pronunciation Jac′o•bit′i•cal, adj. Jac′o•bit•ism, n. |