Jacobin
Of or related to the Jacobin Club in FranceOf or related to the Jacobin Club in France.
» The Jacobin dictatorship was the first act of communism.
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4 senses(historical, not comparable)Of or related to the Jacobin Club in France.
(broadly, not comparable)Of or related to the radical left in other contexts.
(dated, not comparable)Synonym of Dominican, of or related to the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter.
(archaic, not comparable)Synonym of Jacobite, of or related to the Syriac Orthodox Church.
Examples
1 sentencesThe Jacobin dictatorship was the first act of communism.
Origin
From Middle English Jacobin, from Old French jacobin, from Latin Jācōbīnus, from Latin JācFrom Middle English Jacobin, from Old French jacobin, from Latin Jācōbīnus, from Latin Jācōbus (“James, Jacob, etc.”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Ya'akóv), q.v. In reference to the Dominican Order, from the proximity of their 1218 chapel and chapter house in Paris to the city's Porte Saint-Jacques, whose road formed an extension of the Way of St. James running to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In reference to the Jacobin Club, from its 1789 founding at the former Dominican convent. In reference to the Syrian church, from Jacob bar Addai, bishop of Edessa during the mid-6th century.
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