After James II was deposed in 1688 and replaced by his daughter Mary II, ruling jointly with her husband and first cousin (James`s nephew) William III, the Stuarts lived in exile, occasionally attempting to regain the throne. The strongholds of Jacobitism were parts of the Scottish Highlands and North-Eastern lowlands, Ireland, and parts of North....
• (n.) The principles of the Jacobites.
Jac'o·bit·ism` noun The principles of the Jacobites. Mason.