Gunpowder Plot, The

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• Gunpowder Plot, the — Gunpowder ,Plot, the noun a plan in 1605 by Roman Catholics in England to destroy Parliament in an explosion. The plan failed, but is remembered in Britain every year on GUY FAWKES NIGHT …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Gunpowder Plot — The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time, [Antonia Fraser, The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 , London, 2002, Author s Note, pg. xv. ISBN 0 75381 401 3] was a failed assassination attempt by a group …   Wikipedia

• The Gunpowder Plot —     The Gunpowder Plot     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Gunpowder Plot     (Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605). Robert Catesby, the originator of the Powder Plot, owned estates at Lapworth and Ashby St. Legers. His ancient and …   Catholic encyclopedia

• (the) Gunpowder Plot — the Gunpowder Plot UK US noun a plan in 1605 by Roman Catholics in England to destroy Parliament in an explosion The plan failed, but is remembered in Britain every year on guy fawkes’ night . http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/gun… …   Useful english dictionary

• Gunpowder Plot — Gunpowder Plot, the a plan by English Catholics led by Guy Fawkes to kill King James I and destroy Parliament by blowing it up with explosives on November 5th 1605. The plan failed when one of the Catholics warned a relative not to attend… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Gunpowder plot — Gunpowder Gun pow der, n. (Chem.) A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting. [1913 Webster] Note: Gunpowder consists of from 70 to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gunpowder Plot — n. the unsuccessful plot (1605) to blow up King James I of England and both Houses of Parliament …   English World dictionary

• Gunpowder Plot — Die Schwarzpulververschwörer, Zeichnung von Crispijn van de Passe dem Älteren. Dritter von rechts: Guy Fawkes. Der Gunpowder Plot (deutsch: Schießpulververschwörung seinerzeit als powder treason, „Pulververrat“, bekannt) war ein Versuch von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Gunpowder-Plot — Die Schwarzpulververschwörer, Zeichnung von Crispijn van de Passe dem Älteren. Dritter von rechts: Guy Fawkes. Die Schießpulververschwörung (engl. Gunpowder Plot, seiner Zeit als Powder treason (Pulververrat) bekannt) war ein Versuch von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Gunpowder Plot — 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. Cf. Guy Fawkes Day. * * * (1605) Conspiracy by English Roman Catholic… …   Universalium