A Jacobite is a follower of someone named Jacob or James, from the Latin Iācōbus. Jacobite or Jacobitism may refer to:

Religion

  • Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include:
  • Syriac Orthodox Church, sometimes colloquially known as the Jacobite Church
  • Malankara Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, autonomous branch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Kerala, India
  • Jacobite, follower of Henry Jacob (1563–1624), English clergyman
  • Jacobites, Biblical name for descendants of Jacob

Stuart succession

Jacobite succession is the line through which the British crown in pretence of the Stuart kingship has descended since 1688

  • Followers of Jacobitism, the political movement to resurrect the Stuart line, 1688–1780s
  • Jacobite consorts, those who were married to Jacobite pretenders since 1688
  • Jacobite Peerage, peers and baronetcies granted by Jacobite claimants since 1688
  • Neo-Jacobite Revival, political movement aimed at reviving Jacobite ambitions, 1886–1914
  • Royal Stuart Society, organization related to furthering the Jacobite succession to the English throne, 1926–present
  • Scottish Jacobite Party, political party which distanced itself from Jacobitism's monarchist origins, 2005–2011
  • Jacobite Gold, 1745 shipment of Spanish gold to Scotland, rumoured to still be hidden at Loch Arkaig

Other

  • The Jacobite (steam train), a train in Scotland
  • The Jacobites were a minor tribe among the Nephites and Lamanites, outlined in the Book of Mormon.

Music

  • "Ye Jacobites by Name", Scottish folk song originating in the Jacobite Risings
  • Jacobite Relics, collection of songs related to the Jacobite risings, compiled by James Hogg in 1817
  • Jacobites (band), English rock band formed in 1982

See also

  • Jacob (disambiguation)
  • Jacobin (disambiguation)
  • Jacobian (disambiguation)
  • Jacobean (disambiguation)
  • Jacobus (disambiguation)