teresa

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Definition of teresa in English Turkish dictionary

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mother teresa

Rahibe Teresa

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Definition of teresa in English English dictionary

A female given name, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa

My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman.

{i} female first name (also Theresa)

See SaintTheresa. Francesca Teresa Giuseppa Raffaela Cerrito Teresa of Ávila Saint Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada Teresa of Calcutta Blessed Mother

the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa

Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)

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Mother Teresa

A nun who worked among the poor for many decades in India

Mother Teresa

A person who is completely unselfish to the point of being saintly

Blessed Mother Teresa

orig. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu born Aug. 27, 1910, Skopje, Maced., Ottoman Empire died Sept. 5, 1997, Calcutta, India; beatified Oct. 19, 2003 Roman Catholic nun, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity. The daughter of a grocer, she became a nun and went to India as a young woman. After studying nursing, she moved to the slums of Calcutta (Kolkata); in 1948 she founded her order, which served the blind, the aged, the disabled, and the dying. In 1963 the Indian government awarded her the Padmashri ("Lord of the Lotus") for her services to the people of India, and in 1971 Pope Paul VI awarded her the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize. In 1979 she received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Although in her later years she suffered from a worsening heart condition, Mother Teresa continued to serve the poor and sick and also spoke out against divorce, contraception, and abortion. Her order included hundreds of centres in more than 90 countries, with some 4,000 nuns and hundreds of thousands of lay workers. She was succeeded by the Indian-born Sister Nirmala. The process to declare her a saint began within two years of her death, and Pope John Paul II issued a special dispensation to expedite the process. She was beatified on Oct. 19, 2003, reaching the ranks of the blessed in the shortest time in the church's history

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

orig. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu born Aug. 27, 1910, Skopje, Maced., Ottoman Empire died Sept. 5, 1997, Calcutta, India; beatified Oct. 19, 2003 Roman Catholic nun, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity. The daughter of a grocer, she became a nun and went to India as a young woman. After studying nursing, she moved to the slums of Calcutta (Kolkata); in 1948 she founded her order, which served the blind, the aged, the disabled, and the dying. In 1963 the Indian government awarded her the Padmashri ("Lord of the Lotus") for her services to the people of India, and in 1971 Pope Paul VI awarded her the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize. In 1979 she received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Although in her later years she suffered from a worsening heart condition, Mother Teresa continued to serve the poor and sick and also spoke out against divorce, contraception, and abortion. Her order included hundreds of centres in more than 90 countries, with some 4,000 nuns and hundreds of thousands of lay workers. She was succeeded by the Indian-born Sister Nirmala. The process to declare her a saint began within two years of her death, and Pope John Paul II issued a special dispensation to expedite the process. She was beatified on Oct. 19, 2003, reaching the ranks of the blessed in the shortest time in the church's history

Mother Teresa

an Albanian Roman Catholic nun (=a member of a group of Christian religious women) who lived in India, where she worked to help the poor and the sick in the city of Calcutta. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and people think of her as a typical example of someone who is very kind, unselfish, and morally good (1910-97). Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

(1910-1997) Albanian-born Catholic nun, founder of charitable organizations for the sick and underprivileged, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize

Hyphenation

Te·re·sa

Turkish pronunciation

tıreysı

Pronunciation

/tərˈāsə/ /tɜrˈeɪsə/

Etymology

[ t&-'rA-z&, -'rE-s& ] (biographical name.) First recorded as the name of a fourth century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin, suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.