Jacobite

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

Religion

Arminianism, the theology of Jacobus Arminius
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
- Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, autonomous branch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Kerala, India
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, an autocephalous Jacobite church based in Kerala, India
Jacobite, follower of Henry Jacob (1563–1624), English clergyman
Jacobites, Biblical name for descendants of Jacob

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

"Ye Jacobites by Name", Scottish folk song originating in the Jacobite Risings
Jacobite Relics, collection of songs related to the Jacobite risings, compiled by James Hogg in 1817
Jacobites (band), English rock band formed in 1982