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THERESA

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• THERESA (noun)
The noun THERESA has 1 sense:

1. Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)

Familiarity information: THERESA used as a noun is very rare.

• THERESA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Mother Teresa; Mother Theresa; Teresa; Theresa

Instance hypernyms:

missionary; missioner (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)

nun (a woman religious)

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