Sentence:  Gram said, "<WSD>Sophia</WSD>. Would that be an Italian name?" "It came from a great-aunt," <WSD>Sophia</WSD> told her, turning briefly in her direction. "Was your great-aunt Italian?" "No, Scottish." "Oh." I knew what Gram was aiming at here. She wanted to find out whether <WSD>Sophia</WSD> was Catholic. She poked her headful of pink curlers forward for a moment and looked at me. "Presbyterian, " I told her. "Oh." She sat back again, Oh, well, you could see her thinking, her own daughter had married Episcopal and the sky hadn't fallen in. "It's a pretty name, anyhow," she told <WSD>Sophia</WSD>. "Thank you." "I like names that end with an a, don't you? ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (from=Ancient Greek), borne by an early Christian saint, and by European royalty.