Crusade

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Crusade

Type

free base

Denotation

grand effort, religiously-endorsed military expedition

Etymology

French croisade and Spanish cruzada; Medieval Latin cruciata, from cruciare, from crucis, from crux

Evidence

crusade, crusaded, crusader, crusades, crusading, crusadingly, crusadism, crusadist, noncrusading

See Also

Cruce, Crux, -ade