noun🔗ShareAny 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."historymilitaryreligionwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends. Especially, papal sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics."The religious leader launched a crusade against the growing secularism in the school. "religionhistorywarmilitarypoliticstheologyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause."a crusade against drug abuse"actionhistorypoliticssocietyreligionwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mass gathering in a political campaign or during a religious revival effort."The school organized a crusade to raise funds for new computers. "politicsreligiongroupactioneventsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA Portuguese coin; a crusado."My grandmother collected old Portuguese coins, including a beautiful crusade. "worldhistoryeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo go on a military crusade."The knights crusaded to reclaim the holy land. "militaryreligionwarhistoryactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause."He crusaded against similar injustices for the rest of his life."actionhistoryreligionpoliticswarsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
