vestal

/'vestl/
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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Chaste; pure; virginal: Describing a state of sexual purity, innocence, or virginity, often in a moral or ceremonial sense.
    • Of or relating to Vesta or her worship: Pertaining to the Roman goddess Vesta, the hearth, or the priestesses who served her.

  2. Noun:

    • A chaste woman; a virgin: A woman who has maintained her virginity.
    • A priestess of Vesta: Specifically, one of the virgin priestesses in ancient Rome who tended the sacred fire in the temple of Vesta.
Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The novel's heroine was portrayed with a vestal innocence.
    • The ceremony had a vestal quality, emphasizing purity and devotion.

  • Noun:

    • In ancient Rome, a vestal took a vow of chastity for 30 years.
    • She was regarded as a vestal in her small, traditional community.
Advanced Usage
  • "Vestal virtue": A phrase emphasizing extreme chastity or moral purity.
    • The knight swore to protect the queen's vestal virtue.
Variants and Related Words
  • Vestal Virgin (n): The specific term for the priestesses of Vesta in ancient Rome.
    • A Vestal Virgin who broke her vow of chastity could be buried alive.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Chaste, pure, virginal, immaculate, undefiled.
  • Noun: Virgin, maiden, celibate, priestess (of Vesta).
Related Phrases
  • "Vestal fire": The sacred fire kept burning in the Temple of Vesta; symbolically, a pure or eternal flame.
    • They kept the vestal fire of their tradition burning for centuries.
Adjective
  1. 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
  2. of or relating to Vesta
    • vestal virgin
Noun
  1. a chaste woman

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