jacobitism
Noun
Meaning
The principles of the Jacobites.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Another factor in Highland Jacobitism was James VII's sympathetic treatment of the Highland clans.
Bury, pg 249 Meanwhile, Syria and Mesopotamia were divided between Nestorianism and Jacobitism, while the religion of Armenia was wholly Cyrilline Non-Chalcedonian.
Jacobitism lingered on for another century in the ideology of nationalist secret societies, but did not play an overt role again in Ireland.
The strongholds of Jacobitism were parts of the Scottish Highlands and the lowland north-east of Scotland, Ireland, and parts of Northern England (mostly within the counties of Northumberland and Lancashire ).
Cumberland 's forces crushed the rebellion and effectively ended Jacobitism as a serious political force in Britain but at the cost of abandoning the field in Flanders to France.
In popular culture Jacobitism has been a popular subject for speculative and humorous fiction.