"Theresa" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1810, Tales of real life: forming a sequel to miss Edgeworth's Tales of fashionable life, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, page 72",
          "text": "\"Theresa!\" exclaimed the stranger, \"is your name Theresa?\" asked she, a death-like paleness at the same time overspreading her countenance.\n\"Is this name so frightful to you?\" enquired the recluse.\n\"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.",
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          "ref": "1976, Anne Tyler, Searching for Caleb, Berkley Books, New York, published 1983, page 7",
          "text": "\"Theresa,\", he said. \"I never cared for that name.\"\nJustine nodded, chewing.\n\"I don't like difficult names. I don't like foreignness.\"\n\"Perhaps they're Catholic,\" Justine said.",
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