Definition of Crusade
Noun: crusade kroo'seyd
- A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist crusades";
- campaign, cause, drive, movement, effort
- Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
"She is crusading for women's rights";
- fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
- Go on a crusade; fight a holy war
- Any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
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