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 Definitions of vestal virgin  [ˈvɛs tl]  

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Definition of 'vestal virgin' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) vestal virgin
(in ancient Rome) any of the women, pledged to remain virgins, who tended the sacred fire in Vesta's sanctuary.

Etymology:  (1400–50)

Definition of 'vestal virgin' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) vestal virgin
(Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple

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