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| cru·sade [ kroo sáyd ] |
noun (plural cru·sades) |
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1. concerted effort: a vigorous concerted action to promote or eliminate something
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2. religiously motivated effort: a war or campaign that is religiously motivated, e.g. one with papal sanction
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3. religious war: in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, a military expedition by European Christians to retake areas in the Holy Land captured by Muslim forces
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intransitive verb (past and past participle cru·sad·ed, present participle cru·sad·ing, 3rd person present singular cru·sades) |
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1. campaign vigorously: to make a vigorous or concerted effort to promote or eliminate something
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2. fight for religion: to fight in a religious crusade
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| [15th century. < medieval Latin cruciata< Latin crux "cross"] |
