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- noun Plural form of
crusade . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
crusade .
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Examples
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But his choice of the word "crusades" prompted Mr Medvedev to warn that such remarks could "lead to a clash of civilisations".
BBC News - Home 2011
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Besides, it messes up the story if you starts bringing in crusades and pogroms and Jack's mum getting -- whassat?
Jack Scallywag Hal Duncan 2009
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They join crusades to retake Jerusalem or to save the world from the International Monetary Fund.
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I mean, he called the crusades a diseased form of Christianity.
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Their wars against us, that they call crusades, are an exception, and perhaps, too, they have learned something from the failure of those invasions.
The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963
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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.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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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.
Politics Andrew Leonard 2010
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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.
Politics Andrew Leonard 2010
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The 69-year-old televangelist conducts energetic revivals across the country - he calls them "crusades" - that often feature rapid-fire faith-healing episodes.
WordPress.com News 2009
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Against this backdrop the crusades were a sideshow.
Jay Rubenstein: Clash Of Civilizations Or Nuisance? Medieval Crusading And The War on Terror Jay Rubenstein 2011
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