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 at 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.
