Jesu

American  

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

noun

Literary.

1. Jesus.

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Jesu British  

/ ˈdʒiːzjuː /

noun

1. a poetic name for or vocative form of Jesus

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Etymology

Origin of Jesu

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

Example Sentences

“Bach Duet,” made in 1974 and not performed since the mid-70s, is set to Bach’s 78th cantata, “Jesu, der du meine Seele.”

From New York Times

The film ends with that shot of the burial ground, tying this recent injustice to an ancient one, and as the credits roll there is a remarkable new arrangement of “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Abels, which interweaves his theme — born in reaction to the Bach — for the movie.

From Los Angeles Times

The director had used an organ performance of Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” under that shot because, to her, it was the sound of a funeral.

From Los Angeles Times

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

“Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam tuam in vitam ætérnam. Amen,” the priests prayed as they placed a thin wafer on each tongue.

From New York Times