Teresa
noun
1.
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
2.
Saint, Theresa, Saint.
3.
a female given name, form of Theresa.
noun
1.
Saint, known as Teresa of Avila. 1515–82, Spanish nun and mystic. She reformed the Carmelite order and founded 17 convents. Her writings include a spiritual autobiography and The Way to Perfection. Feast day: Oct 15
2.
Mother, original name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. 1910–97, Indian Roman Catholic missionary, born in Skopje, now in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of Albanian parents: noted for her work among the starving in Calcutta; Nobel peace prize 1979
Read Also:
- Teresh
severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2).
- Tereshkova
noun 1. Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963. noun 1. Valentina Vladimirovna (vəlɪnˈtinə vlaˈdimirəvnə). born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut; first woman in space (1963)
- Teresian
noun 1. a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562. adjective 2. of or relating to St. Theresa or the Teresians.
- Teresina
noun 1. a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River. noun 1. a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina. noun 1. an inland port in NE Brazil, capital of Piauí state, on the Parnaíba River: chief commercial centre of the Parnaíba valley. Pop: 895 000 (2005 est) Former […]
- Teres major muscle
teres major muscle n. A muscle with origin from the lower third of the border of the scapula, with insertion into the medial border of the humerus, with nerve supply from the lower subscapular nerve from the fifth and the sixth cervical nerves, and whose action adducts and extends the arm and rotates it medially.