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- proper noun UK A failed plot, in November 1605, to kill the
Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up theHouse of Lords using gunpowder.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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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Examples
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Gunpowder Plot, and his remarkably successful reply to Haeckel's
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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When, in November, Gunpowder Plot was discovered, Sir Walter Raleigh was for a moment suspected.
Raleigh Edmund Gosse 1888
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A new play set in 1605 England begins when King James 'right hand man commissions Shakespeare to write a play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy.
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A new play set in 1605 England begins when King James 'right hand man commissions Shakespeare to write a play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy.
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A new play set in 1605 England begins when King James 'right hand man commissions Shakespeare to write a play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy.
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Bill Cain's new play set in 1606 England begins when King James 'right hand man (David Pittu) commissions William Shakespeare (John Pankow) to write a new play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy.
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A new play set in 1605 England begins when King James 'right hand man commissions Shakespeare to write a play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy.
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A new play set in 1605 England begins when King James 'right hand man commissions Shakespeare to write a play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy.
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Bill Cain's new play set in 1606 England begins when King James 'right hand man (David Pittu) commissions William Shakespeare (John Pankow) to write a new play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy.
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A new play set in 1605 England begins when King James 'right hand man commissions Shakespeare to write a play about the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy.
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