Jesu
Americannoun
noun
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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Her team practiced at her high school, Cor Jesu Academy and visited the Boys & Girls Club where she began her basketball career.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 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
Here the inspiration was the ethereal anguish of Buxtehude’s “Membra Jesu nostri,” a seven-cantata cycle of meditations on Christ’s suffering in various parts of his body.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2016
If there's no celebration of Michelle Bass's Beyoncéd-up version of Pie Jesu, there is no justice in the world.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 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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