VESTAL
pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
(adjective) in a state of sexual virginity; “pure and vestal modesty”; “a spinster or virgin lady”; “men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal”
vestal
(adjective) of or relating to Vesta; “vestal virgin”
vestal
(noun) a chaste woman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
Vestal (not comparable)
(mythology) Alternative form of vestal (Pertaining to the goddess Vesta)
(astronomy) synonym of Vestan (Pertaining to the asteroid Vesta)
Anagrams
• lavest, valets, vastel
Etymology
Adjective
vestal (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.
Pure; chaste.
Noun
vestal (plural vestals)
A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.
A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.
A nun.
Anagrams
• lavest, valets, vastel
Source: Wiktionary
Ves"tal, a. Etym: [L. Vestalis belonging to Vesta, vestal. See Vesta.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
Ves"tal, n. Etym: [L. Vestalis (sc. virgo): cf. F. vestale. See Vestal, a.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
Note: The Vestals were originally four, but afterward six, in number. Their term of service lasted thirty years, the period of admission being from the sixth to the tenth year of the candidate's age.
2. A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun. How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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