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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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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

One day, that professor put on a recording of Schütz’s “Die Sieben Worte Jesu am Kreuz,” a setting of Jesus’s final words from the cross, framed by two stanzas of a hymn text.

From New York Times Mar. 20, 2020

As the version of Pie Jesu that she sang on This Morning as a child was a Lloyd Webber composition, she felt a connection.

From The Guardian Mar. 24, 2010

“Corpus Domini Nostri Jesu Christi,” said the priest, and then, to her, a sharp whisper: “Ssss. Raise your head!”

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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