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Oates

[ohts]
–noun
1. Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
2. Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator and Anglican priest: instigator of the Popish Plot scare.
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Oates, Titus 1649-1705.  
English conspirator. His story of a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1678) resulted in the execution of many innocent Catholics.
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