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1. (adj.) vestal
of or pertaining to the goddess Vesta.
2. vestal
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vestal virgin; chaste.
3. (n.) vestal
a chaste unmarried woman; virgin.
Etymology: (1400–50; < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) vestal
a chaste woman
2. (adj) vestal
of or relating to Vesta
"vestal virgin"
3. (adj) pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) vestal
of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste
2. (adj) vestal
a virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar
3. (adj) vestal
a virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun
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