crusade
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(historical)Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.
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)(figuratively, sometimes ironically) A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.
a crusade against drug abuse
- 4.
(dated)(politics, Protestantism, dated) A mass gathering in a political campaign or during a religious revival effort.
- 5.
(archaic)A Portuguese coin; a crusado.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To go on a military crusade.
- 2.
(intransitive)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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From French croisade, introduced into English (in the French spelling) by 1575. The modern spelling emerges 1760,. Middle French croisade is introduced in the 15th century, based on cruzada (late 14th century) and crozada (early 13th century), both reflecting cruciāta, cruxiata, the feminine singular of the adjective cruciātus used as an abstract noun.