Gunpowder Plot

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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.

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How to use Gunpowder Plot in a sentence

Henry Garnet, provincial of the Jesuits, executed for the gunpowder plot.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The grace non nobis Domini, composed by him, was first sung on the second anniversary of the gunpowder plot, 1607.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The Gunpowder Plot of British history, though not connected with slaves, was more in point.
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865|Abraham Lincoln
After a few other observations, he proceeds to institute a comparison between this Plot and the famous Gunpowder Plot.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844|Various

But a few days were wanting to the anniversary so dear to schoolboy hearts—that of Gunpowder Plot.
Grandmother Dear|Mrs. Molesworth

British Dictionary definitions for Gunpowder Plot

Gunpowder Plot

noun

the unsuccessful conspiracy to blow up James I and Parliament at Westminster on Nov 5, 1605See also Guy Fawkes Day

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