first crusade

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   a Crusade from 1096 to 1099; captured Jerusalem and created a theocracy there

   BroaderCrusade

Questions about first crusade

What does first crusade mean?

first crusade means "a Crusade from 1096 to 1099; captured Jerusalem and created a theocracy there".

Is first crusade a common word?

first crusade is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.