Jacobitism is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Jacobitism in a sentence
Jacobitism meaning
The political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland.
Using Jacobitism
- The main meaning on this page is: The political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland.
- In the example corpus, jacobitism often appears in combinations such as: jacobitism was, jacobitism as.
Context around Jacobitism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jacobitism
- In this selection, "jacobitism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, highland, ended, culture, lingered and throughout stand out and add context to how "jacobitism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include associated with jacobitism throughout britain and effectively ended jacobitism as a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jacobitism" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jacobitism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In popular culture Jacobitism has been a popular subject for speculative and humorous fiction. (14 words)
Another factor in Highland Jacobitism was James VII's sympathetic treatment of the Highland clans. (15 words)
Some Highland chieftains therefore viewed Jacobitism as a means of resisting hostile government intrusion into their territories. (17 words)
Religion While Jacobitism was closely linked with Catholicism from the outset, particularly in Ireland, in Britain Catholics were a small minority by 1689 and the bulk of Jacobite support came from other groups. (33 words)
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 ). (31 words)
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. (29 words)
Example sentences (10)
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.
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.
Jacobitism in Ireland had its roots in support for the Stuart dynasty dating back to the accession of James I to the throne in 1603.
Jacobitism lingered on for another century in the ideology of nationalist secret societies, but did not play an overt role again in Ireland.
Religion While Jacobitism was closely linked with Catholicism from the outset, particularly in Ireland, in Britain Catholics were a small minority by 1689 and the bulk of Jacobite support came from other groups.
Some Highland chieftains therefore viewed Jacobitism as a means of resisting hostile government intrusion into their territories.
The criminal activity of smuggling became associated with Jacobitism throughout Britain, partly because of the advantage of dealing through exiled Jacobites in France.
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 ).
Common combinations with jacobitism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- jacobitism was 2×
- jacobitism as 2×