(sử học) cuộc viễn chinh chữ thập (ở Châu âu)

Chiến dịch; cuộc vận động lớn

a crusade in favour of birth-control

cuộc vận động sinh đẻ có kế hoạch

Campaign, expedition, holy war; jihad or jehad: He joinedthe crusade against the Saracens.

V.

Campaign, war, battle; take up a cause, lobby, fight:She is crusading for equal rights for women.

N.

A any of several medieval military expeditionsmade by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. ba war instigated by the Church for alleged religious ends.

Avigorous campaign in favour of a cause.

V.intr. engage in acrusade.

Crusader n. [earlier croisade (F f. croix cross)or crusado (Sp. f. cruz cross)]