gunpowder plot

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Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|British|historical}} A failed [[conspiracy]], in November 1605, to kill the [[Protestant]] king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the [[House of Lords]] using [[gunpowder]], annually commemorated on [[Guy Fawkes Day]].

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