JAMES-TOWN, a borough and fair-town of Ireland, in the county of Leitrim, and province of Connaught; situated 5 miles north-west of Carrick, on Shannon, and 73 north-west of Dublin, in north lat. 53. 44. west long. 8. 15. It has a barrack for a company of foot, and returns two members to parliament; patronage in the family of King.—It has three fairs.
St JAMES DAY, a festival of the Christian church, observed on the 25th of July, in honour of St James the greater, son of Zebedeec.
Epistle of St JAMES, a canonical book of the New Testament, being the first of the catholic or general epistles; which are so called, as not being written to one but to several Christian churches.
This general epistle is addressed partly to the believing and partly to the infidel Jews; and is designed to correct the errors, soften the ungoverned zeal, and reform the indecent behaviour of the latter; and to comfort the former under the great hardships they then did, or shortly were to suffer, for the sake of Christianity.