Jacobitism
(ˈdʒækəbaɪtɪz(ə)m)
[See -ism.]
1. The principles of the Jacobites or adherents of James II and his family; adherence to or sympathy with the Stuart cause.
| 1700 Wagstaff (title) The Present State of Jacobitism in England. 1707 Hearne Collect. 23 Dec. (O.H.S.) II. 82 His charging y⊇ University..w{supt}{suph} Jacobitism. 1814 Scott Wav. v, Sir Everard's Jacobitism had been gradually decaying. 1839 Ld. Brougham Statesm. Geo. III (L.), Since Jacobitism and divine right were exploded. |
2. The doctrines of the Jacobite sect of Christians.
| 1882–3 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 17 Abulfaraj..son of a Jewish physician, who had embraced Jacobitism. |