n.
Pronunciation: ' j ē -z ə s, -z ə z also - ˌ z ə s and - ˌ z ə z
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek I ē sous, from Hebrew Y ē sh ū a'
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