Jesu

[ jee-zoo, -soo, jey-, yey- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Literary.

Jesu

/ ˈdʒiːzjuː /

Origin of Jesu¹

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

Origin of Jesu¹

C17: from Late Latin, vocative of Jesus

Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam tuam in vetam aeternam.

I began to repeat aloud in German the prayer which begins Herr Jesu; he followed me, in a very low voice, with his hands clasped.

She had taught herself Hebrew when translating the Leben Jesu, and this knowledge now stood her in good stead.

O Jesu, said King Arthur, see where rideth a stout knight, he with the red shield.

Membra unius corporis spiritualis Jesu Christi et filii unius patris cœlestis, ideoque fratres spirituales.

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