Vestal definition

Vestal

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WordNet

(1) 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"

(2) Of or relating to Vesta

"Vestal virgin"

(3) A chaste woman

WiktionaryText

vestal

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

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 virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.