Crusade

nounattested in dialogue

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Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims and Jews who inhabited it.

noun

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Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims and Jews who inhabited it.

Etymology

Capitalised by Mills, The History of the Crusades (1820) when referring to a specific campaign ("The third and fourth Crusades" p. 95) but not when referring to the general concept ("the clergy successfully preached the crusade through all the German state" p. 87). More at crusade.

Forms

plural: Crusades

crunching · A crunch noise.crunchy · Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it…crusade · Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged…

Crusade · Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims and…

crusader · A person engaged in a crusade.crush · A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction;…crushed · Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.

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