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crusade
CEFRC1
/kɹuːˈseɪd/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A determined campaign to achieve a cause or goal.
- 02
noun
A medieval Christian war to take control of holy places.
Examples
The American government has recently been on a crusade to wipe out drug trafficking.
Bush wanted a crusade against Islam.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
Also pronounced
- /kɹʉːˈsæɪd/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.
Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends, (especially) papal-sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.
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.
More examples
In contextDuring the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.
He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.
a crusade against drug abuse
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Origin
noun
From French croisade, introduced into English (in the French spelling) by 1575. The modern spelling emerges c. 1760,. Middle French croisade is introduced in the 15th century, based on Spanish cruzada (late 14th century) and Old Occitan crozada (early 13th century), both reflecting Medieval Latin cruciāta, cruxiata, the feminine singular of the adjective cruciātus used as an abstract noun. Adjectival cruciātus originally meant "tormented; crucified", but from the 12th century crucesignatus was also used for "marked with a cross; making the sign of the cross" and eventually "taking the cross" in the sense of "going on a crusade". Old Occitan crozada is used in the sense "[the Albigensian] cr...