(the) Gunpowder Plot

(the) Gunpowder Plot
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/gunpowder-plot-the.htm
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a secret plan by a group of Roman Catholics to ↑blow up the ↑Houses of Parliament and kill King ↑James I in 1605. They put ↑gunpowder (= an explosive powder) in the ↑cellars before the opening of Parliament by the King on 5 November. The plan was discovered before the ↑gunpowder could be exploded, and one of the group, Guy Fawkes, was arrested and forced to give the names of the others. His name has remained the only one most people know, although he was not the leader of the group. Every year, before the opening of Parliament, the ↑cellars are searched in a special ceremony.
note at ↑Bonfire Night

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