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- n. UK A failed plot, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Eng. Hist.) a plot to destroy the King, Lords, and Commons, in revenge for the penal laws against Catholics. As Guy Fawkes, the agent of the conspirators, was about to fire the mine, which was placed under the House of Lords, he was seized, Nov. 5, 1605. Hence, Nov. 5 is known in England as
Guy Fawkes Day .
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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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“Gunpowder Plot ", and afterwards his autobiography," Narratio P. Joannis Gerardi de Rebus a se in Anglia gestis ".”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“Until the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (q.v.), at the end of 1605, he continued his adventurous life as a missioner in England, but he was then obliged to slip away disguised as a footman in the train of the Spanish Ambassador.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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