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† ˈcroises, ˈcroisees, n. pl. Obs.
[a. F. croisés, in OF. croisiés:—L. cruciātōs, f. croisier: see croise v. 2.]
Those who have been ‘croised’, crusaders. (App. sometimes used by modern writers as an archaism for Crusades, and supplied with erroneous singular croise.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Croises (cruce signati), pilgrims. See Croysado. c1750Shenstone Ruined Abbey 248 How oft he blew The croise's trumpet. 1751Jortin Eccl. Hist. (R.), To instruct the croisez, to comfort them. 1779Archæol. V. 19 (D.) When the English croisees went into the East in the first Crusade. 1846P. Parley's Ann. VII. 18 The wars of the croises. |