crusade
English
/kɹuːˈseɪd/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.
- Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends. Especially, papal sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.
- (figuratively) A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
- (politics) A mass gathering in a political campaign or during a religious revival effort.
- (archaic) A Portuguese coin; a crusado.
Etymology
Derived from French croisade derived from Middle French croisade derived from cruciāta.
Origin
cruciāta
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- croisade English
- crusader English
- crusaderism English
- crusaderist English
- crusaderlike English
- crusadery English
- crusadism English
- crusadist English
- crociata Italian
- croisade French
- cruz Spanish, Castilian
- cruzada Spanish, Castilian
- croisade Old French
- cruciadă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- croisade Middle French
- cruciāta Medieval Latin