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Webster 1913 Edition

Crusade

Cru-sade′

(kr?-s?d′)
,
Noun.
[F.
croisade
, fr. Pr.
crozada
, or Sp
cruzada
, or It.
crociata
, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one’s self with a cross, fr. L.
crux
cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf.
Croisade
,
Crosado
, and see
Cross
.]
1.
Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
2.
Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm;
as, a
crusade
against intemperance
.
3.
A Portuguese coin. See
Crusado
.

Cru-sade′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crusaded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Crusading
.]
To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.
“Cease crusading against sense.”
M. Green.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crusade

CRUSADE

,
Noun.
[L.] A military expedition undertaken by Christians, for the recovery of the Holy Land, the scene of our Saviors life and sufferings, from the power of infidels or Mohammedans. Several of these expeditions were carried on from Europe, under the banner of the cross, from which the name originated.

CRUSADE

,
Noun.
A Portuguese coin stamped with a cross.

Definition 2024

Crusade

Crusade

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Noun

Crusade ‎(plural Crusades)

  1. One of a series of ostensibly religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.

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crusade

See also: Crusade

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(medieval history): Crusade

Noun

crusade ‎(plural crusades)

  1. Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.
    During the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.
  2. Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends. Especially, papal sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.
  3. (figuratively) A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
    a crusade against drug abuse
  4. (archaic) A Portuguese coin; a crusado.

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Verb

crusade ‎(third-person singular simple present crusades, present participle crusading, simple past and past participle crusaded)

  1. To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
    He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.

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See crusade.

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