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vestal Definition
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vestal
adj
1. Virginal; chaste.
2. Referring to or consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta.
noun
1. A chaste woman, especially a nun.
2. A
vestal virgin
.
Etymology
: 15c: from Latin
vestalis
of Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth and home.
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