Jacobite

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A Jacobite is a follower of someone named Jacob or James, from the Latin Iācōbus. Jacobite or Jacobitism may refer to:

Religion

• Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include:
  • Syriac Orthodox Church, sometimes colloquially known as the Jacobite Church
    • Malankara Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, autonomous branch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Kerala, India
• Jacobite, follower of Henry Jacob (1563–1624), English clergyman
• Jacobites, Biblical name for descendants of Jacob

Stuart succession

Jacobite succession is the line through which the British crown in pretence of the Stuart kingship has descended since 1688

• Followers of Jacobitism, the political movement to resurrect the Stuart line, 1688–1780s
• Jacobite consorts, those who were married to Jacobite pretenders since 1688
• Jacobite Peerage, peers and baronetcies granted by Jacobite claimants since 1688
• Neo-Jacobite Revival, political movement aimed at reviving Jacobite ambitions, 1886–1914
• Royal Stuart Society, organization related to furthering the Jacobite succession to the English throne, 1926–present
• Scottish Jacobite Party, political party which distanced itself from Jacobitism's monarchist origins, 2005–2011
• Jacobite Gold, 1745 shipment of Spanish gold to Scotland, rumoured to still be hidden at Loch Arkaig

Other

• The Jacobite (steam train), a train in Scotland
• The Jacobites were a minor tribe among the Nephites and Lamanites, outlined in the Book of Mormon.

See also

• Jacob (disambiguation)
• Jacobin (disambiguation)
• Jacobian (disambiguation)
• Jacobean (disambiguation)
• Jacobus (disambiguation)

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