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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | adult female, woman |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | vesta |
vestal virgin.
Examples of vestal
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Vestal Virgins, marking the goddess of the hearth, have something to answer for.
From the smh.com.au
The House of the Vestals was the residence of the vestal priestesses in Rome.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Vestal Virgins did not don makeup because they were supposed to look holy and chaste.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Vestal tested a more powerful, longer-lasting version of Eligard than was on the market.
From the bloomberg.com
Vestal and his Washington lawyer, Philip Katz, have declined to comment.
From the bloomberg.com
Good luck finding a vestal virgin or a goat at Kiki de Montparnasse or Agent Provocateur.
From the post-gazette.com
Vestal found a chest of drawers, painted it to match her kitchen and put casters on it.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It's a vestal shrine to minimalism and frictionless efficiency.
From the independent.co.uk
We have to get nine vestal virgins from Harvard or Yale.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Of or relating to Vesta; "vestal virgin"
- A chaste woman
- Pure: 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"
- The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe, Africa and large parts of Asia.
- Vestal is a town within Broome County in the Southern Tier of New York, and lies between the Susquehanna River and the Pennsylvania border. As of the 2000 census, the population was 26,535, estimated to have grown to 27,369 in 2009.
- The Vestal - Grand ballet in 3 Acts-4 Scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Mikhail Ivanov.
- 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 female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations; A nun; Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; Pure; chaste
- Bright yellow flowers that grow out of mummies.
- A virgin religious dedicated to Vesta (the Roman hearth goddess). They were responsible for maintaining Vesta's sacred fire in a sanctuary symbolic of the corporate hearth of the Roman people.
