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Vestal
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
2. A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun. How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! Pope.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.