Jacobite

A Jacobite is a follower of someone named Jacob or James, from the Latin Jācōbus. Jacobite or Jacobitism may refer to:

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, autonomous branch of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Kerala, India
 * Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, an autocephalous Jacobite church based 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

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