Crusade

Noun

 * 1) Any of the military expedition undertakens by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquest the Levant from the Muslims
 * 2)  A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.

Derived terms

 * crusader

Related terms

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

Verb

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

Adjectives for Crusade
perennial; lifesaving; insane; emotional; organized; humanitarian; noble; pathetic; anti-crime.

Verbs
assemble—; bless—; champion—; direct—; endorse—; engage in—; expedite—; inspirit—; instigate—; launch—; lead—;oppose—; organize—; plan—; prepare for —; support—; wage—; —advances; —campaigns; —conquers; —crushes; —defeats; —defends; —endeavors; —realizes; —revives; —succeeds^ —undertakes; — wrestles with.

Adverbs for Crusade
vaingloriously; actively; religiously; perennially; insanely; emotionally; nobly; pathetically; gallantly; zealously; victoriously; inspiredly.

Thesaurus
activity, battle, campaign, cause, commitment, drive, expedition, faith, fight, great cause, holy war, interest, issue, jehad, jihad, lifework, lobby, mass movement, movement, principle, reason for being, war

Etymology
Formed as a hybrid of Middle French croisade and Spanish cruzada, both from Middle Latin cruciata, cruzata, in English use since the 1570s.

Alternative forms
Crusade:

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حرب صليبية
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кръстоносен поход
 * Catalan: croada
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: krusta karš
 * Maltese: krusadi, kruċjati
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: крестовый поход
 * : križiak
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: haclilar

Verb

 * Finnish:, ,