Jesu

Je·su

[jee-zoo, -soo, jey-, yey-]
noun Literary.

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

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Jesu (ˈdʒiːzjuː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a poetic name for or vocative form of Jesus
 
[C17: from Late Latin, vocative of Jesus]

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