Jacobite
Not to be confused with Jacobin.
Jacobite may refer to:
Religion
- Jacobites, Biblical name for Israelites, who were descended from Jacob
- Jacobites, followers of Jacob Baradaeus in the 6th century
- Jacobite Church, rejected nickname for the Syriac Orthodox Church
- Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, branch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Kerala, India
- Jacobites, mistaken nickname for the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, based in Kerala, India
- Jacobite, follower of Henry Jacob (1563–1624), English clergyman
Politics
- Jacobites, followers of Jacobitism, political movement to resurrect the Stuart kingship, 1688–1780s
- Jacobite risings, series of rebellions in the British Isles, 1688–1746
- Jacobite succession, the line through which the British crown in pretence has descended since 1688
- Jacobite consorts, those who were married to Jacobite pretenders since 1688
- Jacobite Peerage, peers and baronetcies granted by Jacobite claimants since 1688
- Scottish Jacobite Party, political party, 2005–2011
Music
- "Ye Jacobites by Name", Scottish folk song originating in the Jacobite Risings
- Jacobite Reliques, collection of songs related to the Jacobite risings, compiled by James Hogg in 1817
- Jacobites (band), English rock band formed in 1982
Other
- Jacobite Gold,1745 shipment of Spanish gold to Scotland, rumoured to still be hidden at Loch Arkaig
- The Jacobite (steam train), a train in Scotland
See also
- Jacob (disambiguation)
- Jacobin (disambiguation)
- Jacobian (disambiguation)
- Jacobean (disambiguation)
- Jacobus
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