[Jac.o.bite] n [ME, fr. ML Jacobita, fr. Jacobus Baradaeus (Jacob Baradai) d. 578 Syrian monk] (15c): a member of any of various Monophysite Eastern churches; esp: a member of the Monophysite Syrian church
[2]Jacobite n [Jacobus (James II)] (1689): a partisan of James II of England or of the Stuarts after the revolution of 1688 -- Jac.o.bit.i.cal adj -- Jac.o.bit.ism n