Crusade
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From Middle French croisade (“marked by the Cross”), from Medieval 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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campaigns by Christian forces about Holy Land
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Crusade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- AskOxford.com