Thecla

发音

/θɛklə/
/θiːklə/

别名

Theckla Thekla

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  2. 2.

    An early Christian saint, whose life is recorded in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla.

    1990, Karen Armstrong, 8: Karen Armstrong: The Acts of Paul and Thecla, Ann Loades, Feminist Theology: A Reader, page 83, One of the first of the virgin saints to act as an important role model for women was Thecla, the legendary disciple of St Paul.

词源

From the name of an apocryphal early Christian martyr, Ancient Greek Θεοκλεία (Theokleía), (from θεός (theós, “god”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”)).

来源：wiktionary