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Word: vestal (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.

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Noun:

  • A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
  • A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar.

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