olla ristiretkellä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- crusade noun One of the medieval religious wars fought by European Christians, mainly to try to take the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
Senses
olla ristiretkellä is used for these senses in English:
- crusade (intransitive) To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.
crusade — full definition
- noun One of the medieval religious wars fought by European Christians, mainly to try to take the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
- noun A determined, sustained campaign in support of a cause someone believes is important.
- verb To campaign energetically for a cause.
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