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- noun historical The
political movement dedicated to therestoration of theStuart kings to the thrones ofEngland ,Scotland , later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom ofIreland .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is aimed at the Whigs, who were continually using the party cries of "No Popery," "Jacobitism," and the other cognate expressions to distress their political opponents.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Jonathan Swift 1706
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"Jacobitism," to borrow the language of Dr. Cox, "at this time produced
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson
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James Edward made only a half-hearted attempt to regain the throne after the death of Queen Anne, but "Jacobitism" from James in Latin, Jacobus would haunt the Hanoverian dynasty that succeeded her.
Servants To Masters Allan Mallinson 2011
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More enduring, however, has been an admiration for the intellectual resistance offered by Jacobitism and Toryism to the post-1688 Whig regime.
The King across the Water Burke's Corner 2009
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Perhaps this is what Burke's Corner finds most compelling about Jacobitism.
The King across the Water Burke's Corner 2009
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My closet Jacobitism took shape during university history studies, probably initially as a means of provoking and shocking left-wing students and staff - what could be more reactionary than supporting the Stuarts, the bogey-men of the Whig interpretation of history?
The King across the Water Burke's Corner 2009
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It seems that the heady mixture of traditional toryism that means pre-1832, neo-Jacobitism, support for the Corn Laws and slightly militant Anglicanism has a following somewhere.
Total Politics Top 100 Burke's Corner 2009
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More enduring, however, has been an admiration for the intellectual resistance offered by Jacobitism and Toryism to the post-1688 Whig regime.
Archive 2009-06-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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Perhaps this is what Burke's Corner finds most compelling about Jacobitism.
Archive 2009-06-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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My closet Jacobitism took shape during university history studies, probably initially as a means of provoking and shocking left-wing students and staff - what could be more reactionary than supporting the Stuarts, the bogey-men of the Whig interpretation of history?
Archive 2009-06-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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