† ˈcroises, ˈcroisees, n. pl. Obs.
[a. F. croisés, in OF. croisiés:—L. cruciātōs, f. croisier: see croise v. 2.]
Those who have been ‘croised’, crusaders. (App. sometimes used by modern writers as an archaism for Crusades, and supplied with erroneous singular croise.)
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Croises (cruce signati), pilgrims. See Croysado. c 1750 Shenstone Ruined Abbey 248 How oft he blew The croise's trumpet. 1751 Jortin Eccl. Hist. (R.), To instruct the croisez, to comfort them. 1779 Archæol. V. 19 (D.) When the English croisees went into the East in the first Crusade. 1846 P. Parley's Ann. VII. 18 The wars of the croises. |