Crusades

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Definitions and meanings of "Crusades"

What do we mean by crusades?

Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims.

Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends. Especially, papal sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.

A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.

A mass gathering in a political campaign or during a religious revival effort.

A Portuguese coin; a crusado.

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The word "crusades" in example sentences

But his choice of the word "crusades" prompted Mr Medvedev to warn that such remarks could "lead to a clash of civilisations". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Besides, it messes up the story if you starts bringing in crusades and pogroms and Jack's mum getting -- whassat? ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

They join crusades to retake Jerusalem or to save the world from the International Monetary Fund. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I mean, he called the crusades a diseased form of Christianity. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Their wars against us, that they call crusades, are an exception, and perhaps, too, they have learned something from the failure of those invasions. ❋ Robert Shea (1963)

In contrast with migrations are movements which are sometimes referred to as crusades, partly because of the religious fervor and fanaticism with which they are usually conducted and partly because they are an appeal to the masses of the people for direct action and depend for their success upon their ability to appeal to some universal human interest or to common experiences and interests that are keenly comprehended by the common man. ❋ Robert Ezra Park (1926)

Instead of a born-again Christian convinced he was fulfilling God's mission on this planet, complete with references to "crusades" -- the world now sees a man hosting 47 world leaders to work on nuclear proliferation. ❋ Andrew Leonard (2010)

The 69-year-old televangelist conducts energetic revivals across the country - he calls them "crusades" - that often feature rapid-fire faith-healing episodes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Against this backdrop the crusades were a sideshow. ❋ Jay Rubenstein (2011)

Let us consider, for example, the question of whether the crusades were a clash of civilizations, if not the beginning of "The Clash of Civilizations" -- a massive war for survival between East and West -- or were they merely a series of minor military imbroglios of no real consequence in the grand narrative of world history? ❋ Jay Rubenstein (2011)

The Holy Grail of the crusades was actually a quest for the crucible, The foolish scholars of the time believed it most likely a chalice because of a slight misinterpretation of the text they translated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

DeMint, one could argue that the crusades were a “spiritual revival” as well. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The crusades were a delayed reaction by the Europeans to the Arab muslin brutality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jerusalem prior to the crusades was a place filled with a thriving trade, scholars and madrasas. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The crusades were the tail end of the liberation of europe from 500 years of muslim rule. the crusades were analagous to the british invasion of germany at the conclusion of liberating europe from the nazis. as such, the crusades were initially a success. regarding lack of caps i shall be getting a new keyboard asap. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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