Main Entry: Je·sus

Pronunciation: \ˈjē-zəs, -zəz also -ˌzəs and -ˌzəz\

Function: noun

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Iēsous, from Hebrew Yēshūaʽ

Date: before 12th century

1 : the Jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as reported by the Evangelists are the basis of the Christian message of salvation —called also Jesus Christ
2 Christian Science : the highest human corporeal concept of the divine idea rebuking and destroying error and bringing to light man's immortality