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Gunpowder Plot
–noun
| an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics. |
Compare Guy Fawkes Day.
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| gunpowder plot | |
noun | |
| a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes |
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