[See -ISM.]

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  1.  The principles of the Jacobites or adherents of James II. and his family; adherence to or sympathy with the Stuart cause.

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1700.  Wagstaff (title), The Present State of Jacobitism in England.

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1707.  Hearne, Collect., 23 Dec. (O. H. S.), II. 82. His charging ye University … wth Jacobitism.

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1814.  Scott, Wav., v. Sir Everard’s Jacobitism had been gradually decaying.

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1839.  Ld. Brougham, Statesm. Geo. III. (L.). Since Jacobitism and divine right were exploded.

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  2.  The doctrines of the Jacobite sect of Christians.

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1882–3.  Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., I. 17. Abulfaraj … son of a Jewish physician, who had embraced Jacobitism.

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