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Teresa
Teresa female forename, name of two saints.
St Teresa of Ávila (1515–82), Spanish Carmelite nun and mystic, who combined vigorous activity as a reformer with mysticism and religious contemplation. She instituted the ‘discalced’ reform movement with St John of the Cross, establishing the first of a number of convents in 1562. In 1970 she became the first woman to be declared a Doctor of the Church. Her emblems are a fiery arrow or a dove above her head, and her feast day is 15 October. St Teresa of Lisieux (1873–97), French Carmelite nun. Her cult grew through the publication of her autobiography L'Histoire d'une âme (1898) in which she taught that sanctity can be attained through continual renunciation in small matters, and not only through extreme self-mortification. She is represented in her Carmelite habit and holding roses, as a sign of her promise to ‘let fall a shower of roses’ of miracles and other favours. Her feast day is 3 October. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Teresa." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Teresa." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Teresa.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Teresa." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Teresa.html |
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Teresa
Teresa ♀ (Italian) and (Spanish) form of Theresa. In the English-speaking world the name is often chosen in this spelling by Roman Catholics, with particular reference to the Spanish saint, Teresa of Ávila ( Teresa Cepeda de Ahumada, 1515–82).
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Teresa.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Teresa.html |
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Saint Teresa
Saint Teresa For saints thus named use Theresa, Saint. |
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"Saint Teresa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Saint Teresa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-IX-Teresa-S.html "Saint Teresa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-IX-Teresa-S.html |
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Teresa
Teresa ♀ (Italian) Of uncertain origin. See Theresa.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Teresa2.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Teresa2.html |
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Teresa
Teresa ♀ (Italian) See Theresa.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Teresa1.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Teresa." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Teresa1.html |
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Teresa
Teresa
•Balthazar, Belshazzar, jazzer
•bonanza, Braganza, Constanza, extravaganza, kwanza, organza, Panzer, stanza
•parser, plaza, tabula rasa
•Shevardnadze • dopiaza
•Nebuchadnezzar • Demelza
•cadenza, cleanser, credenza, influenza, Penza
•appraiser, blazer, eraser, Fraser, gazer, glazer, grazer, laser, mazer, praiser, razor, salmanazar, Weser
•stargazer • trailblazer • hellraiser
•appeaser, Caesar, easer, Ebenezer, El Giza, freezer, geezer, geyser, Louisa, Pisa, seizer, squeezer, teaser, Teresa, Theresa, visa, wheezer
•crowd-pleaser • stripteaser
•fizzer, quizzer, scissor
•Windsor
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"Teresa." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Teresa." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Teresa.html "Teresa." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Teresa.html |
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