vestal
IPA: vˈɛstʌɫ
noun
- 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.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.
- Pure; chaste.
- (astronomy) Synonym of Vestan (Pertaining to the asteroid Vesta)
- (mythology) Alternative form of vestal (Pertaining to the goddess Vesta) [Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.]
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Examples of "vestal" in Sentences
- It's in the community of Vestal I think.
- I'll be back in Vestal in August for a bit.
- I trust Andrew Vestal as a source completely.
- Vestal actually had a relationship with Square.
- They need to be independent, not vestal virgins.
- The Vestal virgins are considered one example of such.
- Dave you were in charge of the sacrifice of a vestal virgin.
- On the other hand, a marriage to a former Vestal was highly honoured.
- After that, he stays in Vestal and will not appear in Gundailian Invaders.
- The House of the Vestals was the residence of the vestal priestesses in Rome.
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