Meaning of Theresa | Babel Free

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A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Teresa.

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“"Theresa!" exclaimed the stranger, "is your name⟳ Theresa?" asked she, a death-like paleness at the same time overspreading her countenance. "Is this name⟳ so frightful to you?" enquired the recluse. "Frightful!" rejoined the stranger, "O, no, I venerate it, like⟳ the name⟳ of a saint. I had once an unknown friend, whose name⟳ was Theresa.”

“"Theresa,", he said. "I never cared for that name⟳." Justine nodded, chewing. "I don't like⟳ difficult names. I don't like⟳ foreignness." "Perhaps they're Catholic," Justine said.”

““What this work⟳ shows is that masculinity is not just an ideology that men strive to achieve⟳. It’s something we value as a culture,” said lead⟳ author Theresa Vescio, a professor of psychology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University.”

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