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| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Holy Wars | |
| are to extirpate “heresy,” or to extend what the state supposes to be the one true religion. The Crusades, the Thirty-Years’ War, the wars against the Albigenses, etc., were so called. | 1 |
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