A war declared or waged in support of a religious cause; a violent campaign carried out, esp. by religious fundamentalists, to further the cause of a…

transferred. Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends, a ‘holy war’; applied esp. to expeditions undertaken under…

properly, A religious war waged under the Turkish flag; rhetorically, a jihād or holy war for Islam.

Islam. A religious war of Muslims against unbelievers, inculcated as a duty by the Qur'an and traditions. Cf. Islamic Jihad n. at Islamic, adj.…