Obs. Also 5 croysee, -ye, 6 -ie, croisey, crosey. [a. OF. croisée, -iée, -ie, the native French form = med.L. cruciāta, It. crociata, Sp. cruzada, Pr. crozada, which was in the 16th c. displaced by croisade, with the adapted ending -ADE from the southern langs.] A crusade.
1482. Caxton, Polycron., VIII. v. Syre Henry spencer bisshop of norwiche wente … with a Croysye in to Flaundres. Ibid., VIII. xi. The pope gaf oute a croysye ageynst them [Hussites].
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. xxvii. (heading), Other kynges toke on them the Croisey to the holy lande.
1549. Thomas, Hist. Italie, 124. Manfredo lette crie a Croysie.
1608. Golding, Epit. Frossard, I. 37. The Pope … commanded a croysie to be preached against them.
1615. W. Hull, Mirr. Maiestie, 69. At the sute of them that were marked for the Croyssie.
