Jesusses

See also: jesi and ješî

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Jesusses

plural of Jesus (“the Christian savior”)
- a. 1639, William Whately, “The Sixth Example. Of Noah.”, in Prototypes, or the Primarie Precedent Presidents ovt of the Booke of Genesis. […], London: […] Edward Leigh and […] Henry Scudder, […]; […] G.M. for George Edwards […], published 1640, page 77:
  Now ſee Gods grace more fully to us, that hath renewed this covenant which is in Chriſt more evidently, and take we heede of caſting our ſelves out of it againe, by following ſtrange Mediators and Jeſuſſes, as I thinke the Papiſts doe.
- 1977, Donald C. Biggs, Conquer and Colonize: Stevenson’s Regiment and California, Presidio Press, page 66:
  He is handing her a case, and says: / Good bye Liz! Here’s my daggero’ type likeness! I’d stand treat but I hain’t got the ghost of a red cent left, our uniforms is so very expensive—When I come back from Californy I’ll bring you a whole lot of little golden Jesusses and crosses! I will upon the honor of a soldier! / […] / References to “little golden Jesusses and crosses,” occur repeatedly.
- 2002 January 6, John S. Novak, III, “Nooooo, not TOR.”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):
  > I wonder what Lars Olav _wants_, exactly. / I dunno... not enough Dancing Jesusses on the web site?
- 2003 November 5, SOD of the CoE, “Lucifer/Satan/Jesus/Venus: Gods of the Dawn?”, in alt.mythology (Usenet):
  but there's lots of Jesusses too. even my Bible says so (kinda like the bit about jealous gods): […]
- 2006 July 27, No Name, “Love ... A Powerful Thing”, in alt.religion.christianity (Usenet):
  > ...do you Know Him? / Knowing him is one thing, it does not help the world. That this King died has not helped in any way, look around you - pain, suffering, war... The real question is, are you prepared to sacrifice yourself* for the better of the world like this King did for you? Imagine a world full of jesusses... wow!
- 2020, “2000 Years In Search Of Jesus And No End …”, in M.P. Steiner, editor, Interrogatio Iohannis (The Secret Book of the Cathars): […]; and Apokryphon Iohannis (The Secret Book of John): […]; […] The Nativity of Christianism and Its Significance in the 21^st Century, Germany: Edition Oriflamme, translation of Interrogatio Iohannis: Das geheime Buch der Katharer; […] und Apokryphon Iohannis: Das geheime Buch des Johannes […], →ISBN, section “Who Was The «Historical Jesus» ?”, page 142:
  – Or are there several ‹real›, i.e. historically identifiable ‹Jesusses›?

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