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Jesu

American  
[jee-zoo, -soo, jey-, yey-] / ˈdʒi zu, -su, ˈdʒeɪ-, ˈjeɪ- /

noun

Literary.
  1. Jesus.


Jesu British  
/ ˈdʒiːzjuː /

noun

  1. a poetic name for or vocative form of Jesus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Jesu

1150–1200; Middle English < Late Latin Iēsu, oblique (originally vocative) form of Iēsus < Greek Iēsoû; see Jesus

Example Sentences

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Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe; Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis; qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram; qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

Nearby was Jesu Bala, who moved to Edmonton, Alberta, from Chennai, India, 13 years ago.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

The visit will be an “encounter” that will help “for people to know what we are, who we are,” said its pastor, the Rev. Jesu Susai.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2022

Church's career famously began at the age of 11, singing Pie Jesu down the telephone on This Morning.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010

The doctor waved his hand to the Royal Orchestra, who immediately struck up with Jesu Christes Milde Moder—since Dr. Bartholomew’s book had recommended that madmen should be gladded with instruments.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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