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Noun: Gunpowder Plot
  1. 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

Type of: cabal, conspiracy

Encyclopedia: Gunpowder Plot

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