Sekirov Dictionary

Jesus

/ˈd͡ʒiːzəs/

noun 2
verb 2
exclamation 1
forms 6
phrases 5

noun2

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the man that Christians believe God sent to save the world
- ...leading Dom Crossan at times to the witty criticism that modern Jesus books are in a quest for who can say "my Jesus is more Jewish than your Jesus"... — 2005
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Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the Son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís. Also called "the historical Jesus" from a historiographic viewpoint or a secular one.
- For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, is Head of the Church; and can the Body doe any thing well, if the Head direct it not? — 1621

verb2

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(informal, offensive) To subject to (excessive) Christian proselytizing, preaching, or moralizing.
- From what I gathered, his mother had been heavily Jesused, and his father had been a rough sort of plainsman. — 1971
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(informal) To exclaim Jesus at someone.
- The other man stumbled up, rubbing his temple. “Jesus,” the man said. Frank raised his fist, then saw that the man was Jesusing not him but [the window]. — 2012

exclamation1

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(offensive) An exclamation, particularly used to express excitement or exasperation.
- Jesus, that was close!
- Jesus… How many people killed here?

forms

Jesused · Jesusing · Jesuses · Jesi · Jesii · Jesusses

Phrases with Jesus

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