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Synonyms for crusade

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kroo-seyd
Phonetic Transcription : kruˈseɪd

Définition of crusade

Origin :
  • 1706, respelling of croisade (1570s), from Middle French croisade (16c.), Spanish cruzada, both from Medieval Latin cruciata, past participle of cruciare "to mark with a cross," from Latin crux (genitive crucis) "cross." Other Middle English forms were croiserie, creiserie. Figurative sense of "campaign against a public evil" is from 1786.
  • noun campaign for cause
Example sentences :
  • It was against these savage Turks that the first Crusade was directed.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • On the death of his countess, Foulques vowed to go on a crusade.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • Huck Finn, do you mean to tell me you don't know what a crusade is?
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • A crusade is a war to recover the Holy Land from the paynim.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The return from this Crusade was as disastrous as that from the siege of Troy.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • Whatever happens in the crusade against this place, I am against Fyles.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The proposals for a crusade drawn up at Rome, 16 November 1517.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • I don't think there is anything of his plans in this crusade that he has not told me.
  • Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
  • These men differed on the question of Gibson's sincerity in his "clean up" crusade.
  • Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
  • Thus ended the battle of Askalon, and it was the last victory of the first Crusade.
  • Extract from : « Peter the Hermit » by Daniel A. Goodsell

Antonyms for crusade

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