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SECOND CRUSADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Second Crusade mean? 

SECOND CRUSADE (noun)
  The noun SECOND CRUSADE has 1 sense:

1. a Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187play

  Familiarity information: SECOND CRUSADE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SECOND CRUSADE (noun)


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Meaning:

A Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

Crusade (any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims)


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