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Crusade meaning
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. | 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 towards some purportedly worthy cause.
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Whitemane’s iconic hat and Herod’s shoulder armor are two notable examples, but players can also buy special Scarlet Crusade ensembles from the Darkmoon Faire if they collect the Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade from the Scarlet Halls dungeon.
The Crusade uses 100 percent of the donations to fund grants to schools, hospitals and agencies “that make life better for children with special needs,” according to a press release from the Crusade.
For the Fire Crusade this is not the season for crusade.
As an example, Their crusade to capture our attention could replace The advertisers' crusade to capture our attention.
Both the Eighth Crusade and Ninth Crusade were brief efforts that quickly ended in failure, with King Louis IX of France dying during the former.
Charles continued with his preparations against Constantinople, hoping the Crusade might be postponed, but he also prepared to turn his brother's Crusade to his own advantage.
Crusades Alphonse took part in two crusades with his brother, St Louis, in 1248 (the Seventh Crusade ) and in 1270 (the Eighth Crusade ).
Gregory stated that the reason for the excommunication was Frederick's reluctance to go on crusade, dating back to the Fifth Crusade.
He participated in the Fifth Crusade to the Holy Land in 1217–1218, but the crusade was a failure.
The seventh crusade Engraving representing the departure from Aigues-Mortes of King Louis IX for the Seventh Crusade (by Gustave Doré ).
The two kings then went crusading during the Third Crusade ; however, their alliance and friendship broke down during the crusade.
When Louis IX again engaged in a crusade (the Eighth Crusade ), Alphonse again raised a large sum of money and accompanied his brother.
A fan theory explains the heavily criticized "nuke the fridge" scene, which explains that since Indy drank from the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, he's technically invincible.
Allegedly, she was brainwashed into joining the group on their anti-capitalist crusade and was captured in San Francisco in 1975 after traversing the country in an attempt to evade capture by the police.
And to think we thought that only Chong and Furry were on a crusade to harm our children!
Another crusade Drake fondly remembers is an editorial requesting more lights in the quad after a female student was jumped and beaten in the middle of campus one evening.
Armed with a larger budget and the powers invested by the PIRATE Act, these nine warnings are the latest in the FCC’s expanded crusade against unlicensed operators.
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of liberals who do not exist, young loners on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of conservatives who operate above the law.
Biden’s allies suggest that Trump’s ongoing crusade against Georgia Republicans could help Democrats keep the state in 2024.
Critics assert that Ladapo’s crusade against mRNA vaccines for kids has contributed to a drop in overall childhood immunization in the state.