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Jesus

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Proper noun

  1. 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.
  2. One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.
  3. A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.
  4. A male given name from Aramaic.
  5. Ellipsis of Jesus College, Cambridge.
  6. Ellipsis of Jesus College, Oxford.

Noun

  1. The Christian savior.

Interjection

  1. An exclamation, particularly used to express excitement or exasperation.

Verb

  1. To subject to (excessive) Christian proselytizing, preaching, or moralizing.
  2. To exclaim "Jesus" (at).

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