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Definition of Jacobus
1. n. An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.
Definition of Jacobus
1. Noun. A former English gold coin from the Jacobite period. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jacobus
1. an old English coin [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacobus
Literary usage of Jacobus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"A contest was had before the local land officers, resulting in a decision in
favor of Jacobus. On [896] appeal *to the Commissioner of the General Land ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"Jacobus is best known for his writings, especially the " Golden Legend," which
was possibly the most popular book of the Middle Ages. ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"WARRANT SENT TOM' Jacobus FABRICIUS AND JOHN OGLE AT DELAWARE. ... E. ANDROS.
To Magister Jacobus Fabric-ins. The like for John Ogle. ..."
4. The Piper: A Play in Four Acts by Josephine Preston Peabody (1909)
"Jacobus Child, where have you been ? Ay, where, Jacobus? ALL [He is dismayed]
Jacobus ... [The townsfolk are amazed] Jacobus ..."
5. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent. by William Roscoe (1797)
"In his erat & Jacobus tertius, ... Fuit in his & quartus Jacobus, Archiepiscopi
frater, omnino vir obscurus, ac sordidus. ..."
6. A New History of Painting in Italy: From the II to the XVI Century by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1908)
"... but who left form and composition to be taken up by other and superior
artists.ii Vasari having determined that Jacobus the Franciscan, of Florence, ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"ARMINIUS, Jacobus, or JACOB HAR- ARMISTICE, a suspension of hostilities between
two belligerent powers or two armies by mutual agreement. ..."
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