Term
Jacobite
Scottish and English partisans of the Stuart claim to the English throne following the expulsion of James II in 1688.
Filed underChurch History
Definition
(English) Scottish and English partisans of the Stuart claim to the English throne after expulsion of the Catholic king, James II, in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
Sources
- 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 446Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 446.
Last revised August 14, 2026