Meaning of "crusade" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRUSADE

From earlier croisade, from Old French crois cross, from Latin crux; influenced also by Spanish cruzada, from cruzar to take up the cross.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CRUSADE

crusade  [kruːˈseɪd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRUSADE

Crusade is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb crusade in English.

WHAT DOES CRUSADE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Crusades

The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic Church during the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages. In 1095 Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to holy places in and near Jerusalem. Many historians and some of those involved at the time, like Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, give equal precedence to other papal-sanctioned military campaigns undertaken for a variety of religious, economic, and political reasons, such as the Albigensian Crusade, the Aragonese Crusade, the Reconquista, and the Northern Crusades. Following the First Crusade there was an intermittent 200-year struggle for control of the Holy Land, with six more major crusades and numerous minor ones. In 1291, the conflict ended in failure with the fall of the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land at Acre, after which Roman Catholic Europe mounted no further coherent response in the east.

Definition of crusade in the English dictionary

The first definition of crusade in the dictionary is any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims. Other definition of crusade is any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause. Crusade is also a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CRUSADE

PRESENT

Present

I crusade

you crusade

he/she/it crusades

we crusade

you crusade

they crusade

Present continuous

I am crusading

you are crusading

he/she/it is crusading

we are crusading

you are crusading

they are crusading

Present perfect

I have crusaded

you have crusaded

he/she/it has crusaded

we have crusaded

you have crusaded

they have crusaded

Present perfect continuous

I have been crusading

you have been crusading

he/she/it has been crusading

we have been crusading

you have been crusading

they have been crusading

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I crusaded

you crusaded

he/she/it crusaded

we crusaded

you crusaded

they crusaded

Past continuous

I was crusading

you were crusading

he/she/it was crusading

we were crusading

you were crusading

they were crusading

Past perfect

I had crusaded

you had crusaded

he/she/it had crusaded

we had crusaded

you had crusaded

they had crusaded

Past perfect continuous

I had been crusading

you had been crusading

he/she/it had been crusading

we had been crusading

you had been crusading

they had been crusading

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will crusade

you will crusade

he/she/it will crusade

we will crusade

you will crusade

they will crusade

Future continuous

I will be crusading

you will be crusading

he/she/it will be crusading

we will be crusading

you will be crusading

they will be crusading

Future perfect

I will have crusaded

you will have crusaded

he/she/it will have crusaded

we will have crusaded

you will have crusaded

they will have crusaded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been crusading

you will have been crusading

he/she/it will have been crusading

we will have been crusading

you will have been crusading

they will have been crusading

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would crusade

you would crusade

he/she/it would crusade

we would crusade

you would crusade

they would crusade

Conditional continuous

I would be crusading

you would be crusading

he/she/it would be crusading

we would be crusading

you would be crusading

they would be crusading

Conditional perfect

I would have crusade

you would have crusade

he/she/it would have crusade

we would have crusade

you would have crusade

they would have crusade

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been crusading

you would have been crusading

he/she/it would have been crusading

we would have been crusading

you would have been crusading

they would have been crusading

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you crusade
we let´s crusade
you crusade

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to crusade

Past participle

crusaded

Present Participle

crusading

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CRUSADE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «crusade» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of crusade

agitate · campaign · cause · drive · fight · holy war · jihad · lobby · movement · push · struggle · work

TRANSLATION OF CRUSADE

Find out the translation of crusade to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of crusade from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crusade» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: > 努力奋斗
• Translator English - Spanish: cruzada
• English: crusade
• Translator English - Hindi: धर्मयुद्ध
• Translator English - Arabic: الصليبية
• Translator English - Russian: крестовый поход
• Translator English - Portuguese: cruzada
• Translator English - Bengali: ধর্মযুদ্ধ
• Translator English - French: croisade
• Translator English - Malay: Perang salib
• Translator English - German: Feldzug
• Translator English - Japanese: 熱心な活動
• Translator English - Korean: > 운동
• Translator English - Javanese: Crusade
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cuộc vận động
• Translator English - Tamil: க்ருசேடு
• Translator English - Marathi: धर्मयुद्ध
• Translator English - Turkish: haçlı seferi
• Translator English - Italian: crociata
• Translator English - Polish: krucjata
• Translator English - Ukrainian: хрестовий похід
• Translator English - Romanian: cruciadă
• Translator English - Greek: σταυροφορία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kruistog
• Translator English - Swedish: korståg
• Translator English - Norwegian: korstog

10 QUOTES WITH «CRUSADE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word crusade.

1

Mustafa Akyol

What made al Qaeda retrieve the doctrine of militant jihad, and Breivik the ideas of crusade and reconquest, is a sense of siege. So, we should help both Westerners and Muslims get rid of that sense by easing their political tensions and by fostering dialogue between them.

2

Rick Atkinson

It's my belief that by demonizing Saddam, by raising the stakes in this war to the point where we're talking about a great moral crusade, that Bush in fact planted the seeds of discontent in the country, because this was fundamentally a limited war with limited objectives and with limited gains.

3

Irving Babbitt

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

4

Ron Ben-Israel

I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're doing.

5

Omar Bongo

It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.

6

Jimmy Carter

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.

7

Robert Dallek

Joseph McCarthy and the John Birch Society launched an anti-Communist crusade that won the support of millions of Americans in the 1950s.

8

Don Henley

I'm not on any crusade.

9

Thomas Kinkade

The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. I'm on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore dignity to the arts and, by extension, to the culture.

10

Richard Lamm

America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew our country, its institutions and political system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRUSADE»

Discover the use of crusade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crusade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Crusade

Vampires—the Cursed Ones—have declared war on humanity.

Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié, 2010

Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War

Integrating interviews with individuals ranging from senior policymakers to frontline soldiers, a look at the Persian Gulf War shows how the conflict transformed modern warfare

Rick Atkinson, 1994

Crusade in Europe

"Eisenhower gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life." -- New York Times

Dwight David Eisenhower, 1997

Pagan's Crusade

In twelfth-century Jerusalem, orphaned sixteen-year-old Pagan is assigned to work for Lord Roland, a Templar knight, as Saladin's armies close in on the Holy City.

Catherine Jinks, 2007

Crusade

TWO FAITHS. ONE UNHOLY WAR . . . When Adam’s mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a dog-boy for the local knight, Adam grabs the chance to join the Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem.

Elizabeth Laird, 2008

Crusade

Of those thousands, this is the incredible story of two. A story of hardship, loss and love.

Linda Press Wulf, 2011

Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade: The Secret Crusade

Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series.

Oliver Bowden, 2011

Crusade

In the period of peace following the Human-Orion War, a ship from a half-forgotten history emerges from a warp point notorious for devouring ships and opens fire on the Orions. Original.

David Weber, 1992

Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain

Although the conflict described in this book occurred more than eight hundred years ago, recent events remind the world that the intensity of belief, rhetoric, and action that gave birth to crusade, holy war, and jihad remains a powerful ...

Joseph F. O'Callaghan, 2011

The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History

The extraordinary theme of this unique book is how the rise of a manifold, crusade-like obsession with tradition and inheritance--both physical and cultural--can lead to either good or evil.

David Lowenthal, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRUSADE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crusade is used in the context of the following news items.

Crusade awards grants to 191 groups

Agencies, hospitals and schools across Kentuckiana that serve children with special needs got some great news from the WHAS Crusade for ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»

Assemblies of God holds crusade

church-icon ALL is set for a three-day crusade at Assemblies of God Church at Great Paramount School, off Ofada Road, by PHCN office, ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»

I'll join Gov. Chris Christie's abortion 'crusade' | Letter

Regarding the Star-Ledger editorial "N.J. Republicans join Christie's anti-abortion crusade," which appeared in the South Jersey Times earlier ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

Australia's Ellyse Perry on her crusade to get the public interested in …

'While it's probably necessary given a lot of female sport isn't fulltime professional, there is a positive side to it. It's also great to have another ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Doroshenko's Snakebite Crusade Continues

Doroshenko's Snakebite Crusade Continues. Wednesday, 08 July 2015; News by Khmer Times/Jack Laurenson. The milking of a snake's venom is required in ... «Khmer Times, Jul 15»

'Pacing Parson' hoofs it through Williston on crusade against …

Photo by Elizabeth Hackenburg Don Stevenson of Washington makes his way through Williston Monday on the first leg of his cross-country ... «Williston Daily Herald, Jul 15»

Senator's Silly Cannabis Crusade

Riding in on her moral high horse in making political policy, state Sen. Toni Boucher is out to save suffering hospice patients and children with ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»

Wael Shawky On Pulling the Strings of Crusade and Jihad at MoMA …

What is distinctive about this particular pogrom is that it is waged by followers of Peter the Hermit's People's Crusade on route to The Holy Land, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Depp, Diesel and Statham join crusade to award stuntmen with Oscars

Unfortunately, it seems that Gill's 25-year crusade will not have a happy ending this year. Using the same arguments as before, the Academy's ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»

Abuse crusade left me suicidal, says MP

A campaigning Labour MP is stepping back from his work exposing child abuse cover-ups in order to seek help for depression. Simon Danczuk ... «The Times, Jul 15»