Crusade
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From Middle French croisade (“‘marked by the Cross’”), from Mediaeval Latin cruciata, past participle of cruciare (“‘to mark with a cross’”), from Latin crux (“‘cross’”)
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Crusade (plural Crusades)
- 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.
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campaign]]s by Christian forces about Holy Land
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