Crusade vs Undertaking - What's the difference?
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Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.
(figuratively) A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
(archaic) A Portuguese coin; a crusado.
To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
Crusade is a related term of undertaking.
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 undertaking is
the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.As a verb undertaking is
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(medieval history) (Crusade)Noun
(en noun)- During the crusades , many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.
- a crusade against drug abuse
Derived terms
* crusaderReferences
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See also
* holy war * jihad * Miles ChristiVerb
(crusad)- He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life.
