Jacobin

jacobin English Etymology From en enm Jacobin, from en fro jacobin, from en la Jācōbīnus, from en la Jācōbus James, Jacob, etc. + la -īnus -ine: forming adjectives, from en grc Ἰάκωβος, from en hbo 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 Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris 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. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bɪn/ /ˈd͡ʒæk.ə.bən/ /ˈdʒeɪk.ə.bən/ GA,CA en /ˈd͡ʒak.ə.bɪn/ RP,AU Noun en Christianity dated en Dominican, a member of the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter. en historical A member of the Jacobin Club, a radical political club prominent during the French Revolution. en 2002 Colin Jones (historian) Colin Jones The Great Nation Penguin 2003 429–30 The Jacobins acted as a left-of-centre parliamentary pressure group, spending much of their time in coordinating the following day's business in the Assembly. en historical by extension A sympathizer or supposed sympathizer with the French political club or its aims of democracy and social equality. en by extension A leftist radical in other contexts. c. 1800 en Christianity archaic en Jacobite, a member of the Syriac Orthodox Church. en jacobin, various birds. Derived terms en antijacobin,anti-Jacobin jacobin Jacobin cuckoo Jacobinic Jacobinical Jacobinically Jacobinise Jacobinism Jacobinization Jacobinize Related terms en Jacobean Jacobian Jacobic Jacobine Jacobite Jacobitic Jacobitical Jacobitish Adjective - en historical Of or related to the Jacobin Club in France. en by extension Of or related to the radical left in other contexts. 2015, Matthew Quest, "George L. Mosse: Unconventional Historian", New Historian: Mosse argued the most fascist and totalitarian in particular but also radical Jacobin regimes, continued to have an investment in not merely disciplining human bodies but harnessing their sense of glory toward worshiping themselves en Christianity dated en Dominican, of or related to the Dominican Order, particularly its French chapter. en Christianity archaic en Jacobite, of or related to the Syriac Orthodox Church. Synonyms historical en Jacobinic, en Jacobinical References Jacobin n1 Jacobin n2 jacobin n3 Collins Shorter English Dictionary Napoleon - a biography by Frank McLynn Pages 209-10, 212, 213, 220,221,222,224,233, en eponyms en Columbids France French politics Roman Catholicism Monasticism