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Jesse

Jesse [LL < Heb. Jisai] 1 name of Jesse, father of David King of Israel (usu. w. ref. to Is. xi 1,Matth. i 5). de radice ~e Aldh. Met. 1 (v. 1 designare 4b); Id. VirgP 13 (v. 2 descendere 6a); a radice ~e egressa MGL III 462 (v. generatio 12); Jesse virgula Ledrede Carm. 13. 4 (v. gravidus 1a). 2 representation of the Tree of Jesse illustrating descent of Jesus from prophets, priests, and kings of the lineage of David. 1245 ~e, quam dedit Rex in dedicatione ecclesie Invent. S. Paul. 484; ista capella ex lapidibus et lignis constructa plumbo cooperta, et fenestris vitreis decenter ornata, ymaginem dicte Virginis gloriose una cum genealogica circa eam descripta, que ~e nuncupatur, honorifice fieri fecit Whittlesey 149.

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