croisadet

[Also croisado, croysado (a false form, after crusado ), A pope of that name [Urban] did first institute the croi sado. Bacon, Holy War. The croisade was not appointed by Pope Urban alone, but by the council of Clement. Jortin, On Eccles. Hist. 2. A cro . Like the rich croisade on th' imperiall ball, As much adorning as surmounting all. Zouch, The Dove (1613, Wright).