E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Eth’nic Plot.
The Popish plot. In Dryden’s satire of Absalom and Achitophel, Charles II. is called David, the royalists are called the Jews, and the Papists Gentiles or Ethnoi, whence “Ethnic plot” means the Gentile or Popish plot.
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