vestal
of or relating to the goddess Vesta.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a vestal virgin; chaste; pure.
Origin of vestal
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How to use vestal in a sentence
The Vestals wore a robe of pure white linen with a wide purple border, and over their shoulders was a purple mantle.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerThe vestals also, whose sole intervention put an end to all violence, did not spare their prayers.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.Look on the Vestals, The holy pledges that the gods have given you, Your chaste, fair daughters.
The Plays of Philip Massinger | Philip MassingerBut the vestals on the banks of the Ganges and the Indus understand the question differently from those on the banks of the Tiber.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyThe thirty years being ended, the Vestals returned to their families.
The Student's Mythology | Catherine Ann White
British Dictionary definitions for vestal
/ (ˈvɛstəl) /
chaste or pure; virginal
of or relating to the Roman goddess Vesta
a chaste woman; virgin
a rare word for nun 1 (def. 1)
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