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# crusade

noun (a crusade, crusades); verb (crusade, crusades, crusaded, crusading)

«crusade» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (history, church) The Crusades were wars from about 1095 to 1291 in which Christian armies from Europe fought mainly to take control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#m1)
2. A crusade is a long, strong effort to change something that people believe is wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#m2)
3. To crusade is to work hard and publicly for a cause. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, the Crusades involve knights, Richard the Lionheart and Saladin; many people on all sides died, and today historians see the wars as violent and complicated, remembered differently by Christians, Muslims and Jews. In everyday life and news, a crusade is a campaign: a crusade against litter or for clean water. Phrases: «a crusade against», «on a crusade», «the First Crusade».

### Examples

- The First Crusade began in 1096. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#x1)
- Richard the Lionheart fought in the Third Crusade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#x2)
- Thousands died in the Crusades on all sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#x3)
- Our class started a crusade against plastic litter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#x4)
- She crusaded for safer crossings near schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#x5)
- Grandad is on a crusade to get everyone to recycle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#x6)
- The crusaders built castles in the Holy Land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/#x7)

### Note

Noun for a person: crusader. Capital C for the historical wars (the Crusades). Today some people avoid «crusade» for campaigns because of the violent history, so «campaign» is often a better choice.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crusade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crusade/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crusade» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crusade.html) on Mova free.