crescentaden.
/krɛsənˈteɪd/ properly, A religious war waged under the Turkish flag; rhetorically, a jihād or holy war for Islam.
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society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > holy war
holy war?1580
crusade1603
crescentade1868
jihad1869
1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. 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.
1884 Standard 14 Nov. 5/4 He would then lead a crescentade to drive the English out of Egypt.
1888 M. MacColl in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 541 This reactionary crescentade against every attempt at intellectual or moral progress beyond the Koran.
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crescenˈtader n.
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society > faith > worship > crusade > [noun] > engaging in > one who engages in > Muslim
crescentader1880
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 368 Carried on a litter in rear of his crescentaders.
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