Jacobite

Meaning

1. A follower of Henry Jacob, a 16th–17th-century Puritan theologian; an early Congregationalist.
2. A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite.
3. A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century.

Etymology / origin

From Latin Jācōbus (“James”) + -ite, equivalent to Jacob + -ite.

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