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crescentade|krɛsənˈteɪd|
[f. crescent n. 3 c. + -ade, after crusade.]
properly, A religious war waged under the Turkish flag; rhetorically, a jihād or holy war for Islam.
1868G. Duff Pol. Surv. 65 The further advance of the White Czar may yet be met by a crescentade, preached from the Caspian far away into the least known regions of China. 1884Standard 14 Nov. 5/4 He would then lead a crescentade to drive the English out of Egypt. 1888M. MacColl in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 541 This reactionary crescentade against every attempt at intellectual or moral progress beyond the Koran.
Hence crescenˈtader.
1880Blackw. Mag. Mar. 368 Carried on a litter in rear of his crescentaders. |