What's the difference between jacobite and jacobus?
Jacobite
Definition:
(n.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary.
(n.) One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Supporting Pakistan or the Windies at cricket is no more evidence that someone has failed to integrate than wearing a kilt to a wedding is proof of Jacobite sympathies.
(2) History echoes through this part of Scotland, where Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard of rebellion, and many other battles and feuds have been fought since.
(3) Its six permanent galleries explore different themes, including clan warfare, the Jacobite uprisings and the Highland Clearances: a seventh gallery hosts a changing exhibition.
(4) Adult £26, kids £19.75 Jacobite Steam Train, Fort William, the Highlands Photograph: Alamy Trips don't come more "classic" than a West Coast Railways Jacobite steam-train ride.
(5) He believed it united citizens on either side of the border from the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 until the dawn of Thatcherism and that the cornerstone of the union and its main pillars have either crumbled or become rotten.
(6) He had a huge collection of books about Scotland, concentrating on its history and reflecting his special interest in the Jacobite rebellion in the 18th century and the splits in the church in the 19th.
(7) Not that protest songs are the exclusive domain of the left: the folk tradition has encompassed Jacobite rants and classics such as the royalist civil war song, Dominion of the Sword , while contemporary singers such as Morrissey and Gary Numan have pitched in for the political right.
(8) The Scotland I grew up in largely identified itself in terms of its military history in service of the British empire – the charge of the Scottish Greys at Waterloo, the Thin Red Line at Balaclava in the Crimean War – on the sporting field and by a sort of faux Jacobitism with a royalist hue to it.
(9) Supporting Pakistan or the Windies at cricket is no more evidence that someone has failed to integrate than wearing a kilt to a wedding is proof of Jacobite sympathies.
(10) It’s not a romantic romp in the heather or a doomed Jacobite jolly.
(11) Alan Breck (Stewart), described by Balfour as "a condemned rebel, and a deserter, and a man of the French king's", represents the proud spirit of the Highlands after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, fiery, reckless, romantic and doomed, with a brilliant line in memorable dialogue.
(12) Along with the famous Fairy Flag, the castle collection includes impressive paintings, Jacobite relics and a wealth of clan history.
(13) The Jacobite Express used in the Harry Potter films chugs between Mallaig and Fort William twice a day, charging across the Glenfinnan Viaduct with its spectacular view down Loch Shiel.
(14) In the Collected Works of Stevenson , it boasts one of the longest and most elaborate subtitles in English literature: "Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751; How he was Cast Away; His Sufferings in a Desert Isle; His Journey in the Wild Highlands; His Acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other Notorious Highland Jacobites; with All that He Suffered at the Hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, Falsely So-Called.
Jacobus
Definition:
(n.) An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's another portrait, this time by Jacques-Louis David of Jacobus Blauw , a young Dutch ambassador trying to negotiate a peace treaty with France.
(2) Michael Cohen is a US columnist for the Observer and Guardian Cheri Jacobus : 'Barack Obama didn't want to be there' The body language told the story.
(3) Cheri Jacobus is a Republican consultant and strategist Nancy Goldstein : 'Obama can't show up for 40 million viewers vibing like Eeyore' Dear Obama Debate Prep Team, Sorry, dudes: you must feel like hell after last night.