cruciata

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [krʊ.kiˈaː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kru.t͡ʃiˈaː.t̪a]

cruciāta

1. inflection of cruciātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

cruciātā

1. ablative feminine singular of cruciātus

cruciāta f (genitive cruciātae); first declension

1. a crusade

The secondary meaning of cruciātus "marked by a cross" and "crusader; crusade" develops in the 12th to 13th centuries and is often spelled with x (i.e. cruxiatus, also cruxatus, croxatus and variants) in Middle Latin. The feminine cruxata (for cruciāta) in the sense of "a crusade" is recorded in the 1280s.

First-declension noun.

• Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch vol. 2 (1999), s.v. "cruciatus"
• Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, éd. augm., Niort : L. Favre, 1883‑1887, t. 2, col. 629a, s.v. "Cruciatæ"