I. ˈjakəˌbīt also ˈjāk; usu -īd.+V noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
1.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin Jacobita, from Jacobus Baradaeus (Jacob Baradai) died 578 Syrian monk, founder of the Jacobite Church + Latin -ita -ite]
: a member of a Syrian monophysite church
2.
[Medieval Latin Jacobita, from Late Latin Jacobus St. James + Latin -ita -ite — more at jacobin ]
: dominican
3.
[ Jacob us (James II) died 1701 king of England + English -ite ]
: a partisan of James II of England or the Stuarts after the revolution of 1688
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of or relating to the Jacobites