Popish Plot

noun

1. an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power.

Popish Plot

noun

1. a supposed conspiracy (1678) to murder Charles II of England and replace him with his Catholic brother James: in reality a fabrication by the informer Titus Oates

Example Sentences

You have travelled in my company long enough to devise a handsome branch of the Popish Plot.

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He organised the Popish Plot, and sprung it on the nation at the ripe moment to clear the road for his own ambition.

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From the time of the Popish Plot to the end of the reign, nothing of any importance transpired without her initiative or sanction.

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Such a man as this started the cry of the Popish Plot, and threw all England into a state of consternation.

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Titus Oates, who claimed to have discovered the "Popish Plot," was a man of the most execrable character.

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