a Crusade initiated in 1248 after the loss of Jerusalem in 1244 and defeated in 1249

A thin, flat or convex slab of hard material such as baked clay or plastic, laid in rows to cover walls, floors, and roofs, A hollow fired clay or concrete block used for building walls, A similar slab or plate of pottery, glazed and often decorated, used for ornamental pavements, revetments to walls, etc.; also, a like slab of porcelain, glazed and plain or decorated; an encaustic tile; also, a slab of stone or marble used with others like it in a pavement or revetment, verb_ cover with tiles, computing To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface), transitive verb_ To cover with tiles, To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated, To cover or provide with tiles

Simple past tense and past participle of initiate

payment for insurance, A bonus paid in addition to normal payments, a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc., adjective_ having or reflecting superior quality or value, Superior in quality; higher in price or value

A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character, A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural, Something secret or unexplainable; unknown