VESTAL


Meaning of VESTAL in English

/ves"tl/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to the goddess Vesta.

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vestal virgin; chaste; pure.

n.

3. See vestal virgin .

4. a chaste unmarried woman; virgin.

5. a nun.

[ 1400-50; late ME (adj.) vestalis. See VESTA, -AL 1 ]

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