Crusade (Noun)
Meaning 1
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Fund-raising Drive
- Gay Liberation Movement
- Lost Cause
- Anti-war Movement
- Feminism
- Ad Campaign
- Campaigning
- Fund-raising Campaign
- Political Campaign
- Youth Movement
- Feminist Movement
- Candidacy
- Women's Lib
- Charm Campaign
- Consumerism
- Electioneering
- Advertising Campaign
- Reform
- War
- Gay Lib
- Youth Crusade
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Meaning 2
Any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II, with the goal of recapturing Jerusalem from Muslim rule.
- The Crusade was a series of brutal and bloody battles that lasted for centuries, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people.
- King Richard the Lionheart led the Third Crusade, but was ultimately unsuccessful in his attempts to retake Jerusalem.
- The Crusade was seen as a holy war by many Christians, who believed that they were fighting to reclaim the Holy Land for God.
- The failure of the Crusade to achieve its goals led to a decline in the power and influence of the Catholic Church in Europe.