Definitions of Jacobitism:
part of speech: noun
The
principles
of
the
Jacobites.
Usage examples for Jacobitism:
-
Had
Defoe
confined
himself
to
lecturing
those
hot
Whigs
who
were
so
afraid
of
the
secret
Jacobitism
of
Harley's
colleagues
that
they
were
tempted
to
withdraw
their
money
from
the
public
stocks,
posterity,
unable
to
judge
how
far
these
fears
were
justified,
and
how
far
it
was
due
to
a
happy
accident
that
they
were
not
realized,
might
have
given
him
credit
for
sacrificing
partisanship
to
patriotism.
"Daniel Defoe", William Minto
-
Their
loyal
writers
attributed
Defoe's
pardon
to
the
secret
Jacobitism
of
the
Ministry--
quite
wrongly-
as
we
have
just
seen
he
was
acting
for
Harley
as
a
Hanoverian
and
not
as
a
Jacobite.
"Daniel Defoe", William Minto
-
The
Tories,
long
deprived
of
power,
and
discredited
by
the
taint
or
suspicion
of
Jacobitism
counted
for
nothing.
"The Castle Inn", Stanley John Weyman
-
No
charge
of
Jacobitism
could
be
made
against
a
pamphlet
containing
such
a
sentence
as
this:- "
Think,
then,
dear
Britons!
"Daniel Defoe", William Minto