ihu xpo
Old Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
A Christogram and abbreviation of Ihesu Xpisto (“Jesus Christ”). Compare Latin IHS.
Proper noun edit
- (Christianity) Abbreviation of Ihesu Xpisto.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r:
- Sant pablo q̃ ante auie nõbre ſaulus fue del tribu de beniamin naſcio en iuda e al ſegũdo ãno ap̃s dela paſſiõ de iħu xp̃o […]
- Saint Paul, who before had the name Saul, was of the tribe of Benjamin. He was born in Judah on the second year after the passion of Jesus Christ.