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Meaning of vestal

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

vestal

Pronunciation:/ˈvɛs.t(ə)l/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.

  3. A nun.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.

  2. Pure; chaste.