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crusade
[ kroo-seyd ]
noun
- Often Crusade. any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- any war carried on under papal sanction.
- any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc.:
a crusade against child abuse.
verb (used without object)
- to go on or engage in a crusade.
crusade
/ kruːˈseɪd /
noun
- often capital any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- (formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause
- a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause
verb
- to campaign vigorously for something
- to go on a crusade
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Derived Forms
- cruˈsader, noun
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Other Words From
- cru·sad·er noun
- non·cru·sad·ing adjective
- post-Cru·sade adjective
- pre-Cru·sade adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crusade1
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Example Sentences
The main article called Reflections on the Final Crusade outlines in prophetic terms just how ISIS will crush Christianity.
The Harvard 28 join other liberal and feminist dissenters from the campus anti-rape crusade.
Much of the fervor for war in 1860 was driven by a moral crusade against slavery.
In this way, the U.S. would avoid the trap of being viewed, once again, as the leader of an anti-Islamic crusade.
A crusade is based on the spirit of the people, and the will of volunteers.
First, he begged for the usual indulgences necessary to enable him to fulfil his vow to go on a crusade.
The memory of the terrible crusade in the thirteenth century inspired fiery poems among them.
There was, in fact, a crusade against toll-gates commenced during this year, in almost every part of South Wales.
If Valmond were in very truth a Napoleon, all might be well, though this crusade must close here.
And must she run, despite the tears And prayers of eighteen hundred years,A-muck in Slavery's crusade?
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