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Jacobian :: "Jacobian (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England..

Jacobinizing :: Jacobinizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jacobiniz.

Broadpiece :: Broadpiece (n.) An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus..

Jacobin :: "Jacobin (n.) A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris..

Jacobite :: Jacobite (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.

Black Friar :: Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine..

Scallop :: Scallop (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2..

Edomite :: Edomite (n.) One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean..

Jacobinical :: "Jacobinical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary; of the nature of, or characterized by, Jacobinism..

Jacobinic :: Jacobinic (a.) Alt. of Jacobinica.

Nonjuror :: Nonjuror (n.) One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite..

Jacobean :: Jacobean (a.) Alt. of Jacobia.

Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob..

Jacobus :: "Jacobus (n.) An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I..

Shiloh :: Shiloh (n.) A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as the Messiah, or as the city Shiloh, or as Rest..

Jacobin :: "Jacobin (n.) One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue..

Jacobinism :: Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.

Jacobitical :: Jacobitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Jacobites; characterized by Jacobitism.

Hebrew :: Hebrew (n.) An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew..

Jacobinized :: Jacobinized (imp. & p. p.) of Jacobiniz.

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