VESTAL
\vˈɛstə͡l], \vˈɛstəl], \v_ˈɛ_s_t_əl]\
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Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
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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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A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
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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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A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to, or sacred to, Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth and home, or to one of the virgins who served in her temple.
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In the Roman religion, a virgin vowed to the service of Vesta; a virgin; also, a nun: Vestal Virgins, the six virgin priestesses who tended the sacred fire on the altar of the temple of Vesta, at Rome.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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