| 单词 | powder plotter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspowder plotter powder plotter n. a conspirator involved in the Gunpowder Plot. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > insurgent > partisan in specific insurrection maul1525 powder traitor1612 powder plotter1614 the Shepherds1759 Vendean1796 Decembrist1851 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxxii. §3 If powder-plotters, or publique Assasinates may be dignified with titles of Saints. 1663 E. Hickeringill Apol. Distressed Innocence in Wks. (1709) I. 297 The old Powder-Plotters..are shot-free and Justice-proof by a pious charm. 1684 J. Moore Of Patience 43 This King-killing Doctrine..was the foundation upon which the Powder Plotters laid their horrible Design. 1950 H. N. Paul Royal Play Macbeth 238 After the trial of the powder plotters the people of England..for the first time learned a good deal about the Jesuits' doctrine of equivocation. 1996 Guardian (Nexis) 23 Aug. 15 Lady Antonia, a Catholic herself, is not above the temptation to allow..absolving..waters to flow over the wounds of her blessed powder plotters. < as lemmas |
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