† croiserie, -ry Obs.
Forms: 3 creoicerie, -oy-, 3–5 croiserie, croy-, -rye, 4 croserie.
[a. OF. croiserie, f. crois cross.]
Crusading; a crusade.
| c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 440/331 To prechi of þe creoicerie a-boute in þe londe. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7091 Þe pope sende croiserie in to þe holi lond. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 116 Croiserye ne assoilinge..shal not as þe day of dome reverse Cristis sentens. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 10 King Richarde the first..whiche in a croiserie went in to the holy londe. |