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Crusade vs Croisade - What's the difference?

crusade | croisade |

As a proper noun crusade

is one of a series of ostensibly religious campaigns by christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the holy land from the muslims who occupied it.

As a noun croisade is

(obsolete) a crusade; a holy war.

crusade

English

Alternative forms

(medieval history) (Crusade)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.
    • During the crusades , many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.
  • (figuratively) A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
    • a crusade against drug abuse
  • (archaic) A Portuguese coin; a crusado.

    • Derived terms

    * crusader

    Related terms

    * cross * crucial * crucifer * crucify * crucifixion * excruciate * excruciation

    References

    * AskOxford.com

    See also

    * holy war * jihad * Miles Christi

    Verb

    (crusad)
  • To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
    • He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.

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    croisade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A crusade; a holy war.
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