Jacobite means follower of Jacob or James. Jacobite may refer to:

Religion

* Jacobites, followers of Saint

Jacob Baradaeus Jacob Baradaeus (; grc, Ἰάκωβος Βαραδαῖος, label=Greek; ar, مار يعقوب البرادعي; syc, ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܘܪܕܥܝܐ, label=Syriac), also known as Jacob bar Addai or Jacob bar Theophilus, was the Bishop of Edessa fr ...

(died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include: ** Syriac Orthodox Church, sometimes colloquially known as the Jacobite Church **

Jacobite Syrian Christian Church The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (JSCC), or the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in India also known as Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Jacobite Syrian Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, ...

, autonomous branch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Kerala, India ** Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, an autocephalous Jacobite church based in Kerala, India * Jacobite, follower of

Henry Jacob Henry Jacob (1563–1624) was an English clergyman of Calvinist views, who founded a separatist congregation associated with the Brownists. Life He was the son of Kohn Jacob, yeoman, of Cheriton, Kent. He matriculated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford o ...

(1563–1624), English clergyman * Jacobites, Biblical name for descendants of

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

Politics

* Jacobites, followers of

Jacobitism , war = , image = Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Louis Gabriel Blanchet.jpg , image_size = 150px , caption = James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant between 1701 and 1766 , active ...

, political movement to resurrect the Stuart kingship, 1688–1780s *

Jacobite risings , war = , image = Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Louis Gabriel Blanchet.jpg , image_size = 150px , caption = James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant between 1701 and 1766 , active ...

, series of rebellions in Great Britain and Ireland, 1688–1746 *

Jacobite succession The Jacobite succession is the line through which Jacobites believed that the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland should have descended, applying primogeniture, since the deposition of James II and VII in 1688 and his death in 1701. It is ...

, the line through which the British ''crown in pretence'' has descended since 1688 *

Jacobite consorts Jacobite consorts are those who were married to a Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland since the abdication of James II in 1688. By Jacobites they are thus regarded, if female, as rightful Queens Consort of England ...

, those who were married to Jacobite pretenders since 1688 * Jacobite Peerage, peers and baronetcies granted by Jacobite claimants since 1688 *

Neo-Jacobite Revival The Neo-Jacobite Revival was a political movement that took place during the 25 years before the First World War in the United Kingdom. The movement was monarchist, and had the specific aim of replacing British parliamentary democracy with a restor ...

, political movement aimed at reviving Jacobite ambitions, 1886-1914 *

Scottish Jacobite Party The Scottish Jacobite Party was a political party in Scotland. It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 8 July 2005, and launched in Glenfinnan to coincide with the 31st G8 summit and roughly with the 260th anniversary of Bonnie Princ ...

, political party, 2005–2011

Music

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Ye Jacobites by Name "Ye Jacobites by Name" ( Roud # 5517) is a traditional Scottish folk song which goes back to the Jacobite risings in Scotland (1688–1746). While the original version simply attacked the Jacobites from a contemporaneous Whig point of view, ...

", Scottish folk song originating in the Jacobite Risings * ''

Jacobite Relics ''Jacobite Relics'' is a two volume collection of songs related to the Jacobite risings, compiled by the Scottish poet and novelist James Hogg on commission from the Highland Society of London in 1817. Most of the songs in the collection are Jacob ...

'', collection of songs related to the Jacobite risings, compiled by James Hogg in 1817 *

Jacobites (band) Jacobites were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1982 by Nikki Sudden and Dave Kusworth, following the breakup of their respective previous bands, the Swell Maps and the Subterranean Hawks. Career The two had met in early 1980, and ...

, English rock band formed in 1982

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Jacobite Gold The treasure of Loch Arkaig, sometimes known as the Jacobite gold, was a large amount of specie provided by Spain to finance the Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1745, and rumoured still to be hidden at Loch Arkaig in Lochaber. Background In 1745, ...

, 1745 shipment of Spanish gold to Scotland, rumoured to still be hidden at Loch Arkaig *

The Jacobite (steam train) ''The Jacobite'' is a steam locomotive-hauled tourist train service that operates over part of the West Highland Line in Scotland. It has been operating under various names and with different operators every summer since 1984. It has played an ...

, a train in Scotland

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