[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 ye University wth Jacobitism.
1814. Scott, Wav., v. Sir Everards 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.
18823. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., I. 17. Abulfaraj son of a Jewish physician, who had embraced Jacobitism.