Jacobite may refer to:
- Jacobite, a follower of Jacobitism, the political movement dedicated to the return of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland
- Jacobite rising, a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the British Isles occurring between 1688 and 1746
- Christianity related to Jacob Baradaeus, a 6th century Monophysite bishop. Jacobitism was (and to a limited extent remains the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings rebellions and wars in the kingdoms of England, Kingdom of Scotland (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain Jacobus Baradaeus or James Baradaeus (other spellings of his surname include Al Baradai Burdoho Burdeono Burdeana or Burdeaya also Phaselita or Zanzalus was ordained Monophysitism (from the Greek monos meaning 'one alone' and physis meaning 'nature' or Monophysiticism is the Christological position that A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight
- Jacobite (dissenter), follower of Reverend Henry Jacob (1563-1624)
- One of the tribes in the Book of Mormon
See also
The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church is the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Kerala, India. The Syriac Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Middle East with members spread throughout the world The West Syrian Rite (also Jacobite, after Jacob Baradaeus) is the rite used by many Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic churches The Book of Mormon is a Sacred text of the churches in the Latter Day Saint movement. In Vector calculus, the Jacobian is shorthand for either the Jacobian matrix or its Determinant, the Jacobian determinant.
Dictionary
Jacobite
-noun
- A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century
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