Plural of crusade
regular plural
The plural of crusade is crusades.
Forms of crusade
| Singular | crusade /kɹuːˈseɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | crusades |
| Countable | countable |
Crusades in a sentence
- During the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.
- The same period that has seen social and political crusades increasingly replace religious messages in the pulpits has seen a sharp 35 percent decline in membership of the mainline Protestant denominations associated with the National Council of Churches.1994, Richard Nixon, “America Beyond Peace”, in Beyond Peace, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 239
- It is supposed that western Europe was overpopulated and that the crusades operated a beneficial reduction of numbers.1906, William Graham Sumner, Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals, Boston: Ginn…. From the entry operate
- John of Jerusalem, who used the wort (plant) during the crusades to heal his knights' battlefield wounds, and the other was John the Baptist.1999 November, Victoria Zak, “A Modern Herbal Tea Garden”, in 20,000 Secrets of Tea: The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature’s…. From the entry wort
- McCain is having in trying to build his Republican presidential campaign around his crusades for tighter ethics rules and pledges to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.2008 May 17, David D. Kirkpatrick, “In Effort to Avoid Conflicts, McCain Issues New Rules for Staff”, in New York Times. From the entry midcampaign
Meaning of crusade
- noun Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.
- noun Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends, (especially) papal-sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics.
- noun A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.
Questions about the plural of crusade
- What is the plural of crusade?
- The plural of crusade is crusades.
- Is crusade countable?
- Crusade is a countable noun.
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