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TERESA OF AVILA
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• TERESA OF AVILA (noun)
The noun TERESA OF AVILA has 1 sense:
1. Spanish mystic and religious reformer; author of religious classics and a Christian saint (1515-1582)
Familiarity information: TERESA OF AVILA used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spanish mystic and religious reformer; author of religious classics and a Christian saint (1515-1582)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Saint Teresa of Avila; Teresa of Avila
Instance hypernyms:
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
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