/ ˌdʒækəˈbiːən; NAmE / adjective
connected with the time when James I (1603–25) was King of England :
Jacobean drama
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent. (in use earlier with reference to St James): from modern Latin Jacobaeus (from ecclesiastical Latin Jacobus James, from Greek Iakōbos Jacob) + -an .