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A '''Jacobite''' is a follower of someone named [[Jacob (name)|Jacob]] or [[James (given name)|James]], from the Latin ''Jācōbus''. Jacobite or '''Jacobitism''' may refer to:
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==Religion==
* [[Arminianism]], the theology of [[Jacobus Arminius]]
* 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
*** [[Jacobite Syrian Christian 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)]]

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