crusade
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noun
1.
( often initial capital letter ) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
2.
any war carried on under papal sanction.
3.
any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc.: a crusade against child abuse.
verb (used without object)
4.
to go on or engage in a crusade.
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| —n | |
| 1. | (often capital) any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims |
| 2. | (formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause |
| 3. | a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to campaign vigorously for something |
| 5. | to go on a crusade |
| [C16: from earlier croisade, from Old French crois cross, from Latin crux; influenced also by Spanish cruzada, from cruzar to take up the cross] | |
| cru'sader | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
crusade
1706, respelling of croisade (1577), from M.Fr. croisade, Sp. cruzada, both from M.L. cruciata, pp. of cruciare "to mark with a cross," from L. crux (gen. crucis) "cross." Figurative sense of "campaign against a public evil" is from 1786.
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Example sentences
It is easy to campaign if everyone can get behind a common enemy and crusade.
The effort to authenticate the painting became a crusade.
Such an arrangement usually makes for a rocky crusade.
Lobotomy became his career, his crusade, and he spread psychosurgery's gospel with boundless enthusiasm.
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