TeresianTheresiann.adj.
/təˈriːsɪən/ A. n.
A member of a reformed order of Carmelite nuns and friars founded by St. Teresa in the 16th cent.
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1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime vii. 73 There is..a monastery of the English poore Teresians at Antwerpe.
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 352 That [sisterhood] of the Theresians is reckoned the poorest and most pitiable.
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2348 [St. Theresa] founded at Avila a convent for the Barefooted Carmelites, also called the Theresians.
B. adj.
Belonging to this order.
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1897 J. P. Rushe (title) Carmel in Ireland:..the Irish Province of Teresian, or Discalced Carmelites.
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