vestal

Examples

• All

• make way for the vestal virgin

  Life's a Beach (2010)

• She went alone and like a vestal long prepared.

• How can I say that when he insists on treating me... like a cross between a Dresden shepherdess and a vestal virgin?

  Star! (1968)

• The novel's protagonist is depicted as a vestal figure, embodying ideals of purity and innocence.

• In the ritual, she dressed like a vestal maiden, symbolizing her commitment to chastity and reverence.

Synonyms

P

pure

vsvestal

212 1.4

Morally good and not involved in sexual activity

is the literary term focused on sexual purity and virginity specifically

C

chaste

vsvestal

14 7.4

Not having sex, often for religious or moral reasons

is a literary adjective relating to sexual purity rather than simple modesty

V

virgin

vsvestal

• NSFW

10 5.5

Not having had sex

is an adjective about sexual purity or virginity not a person label

V

virtuous

vsvestal

• Archaic

7 9.6

Not having sex, especially before marriage

is the literary adjective for sexual purity rather than everyday use

V

virginal

vsvestal

• NSFW

5 7.6

Not having had sex

is literary and relates more broadly to chastity or virginity

V

vestral

vsvestal

• Archaic

9.9

Relating to a woman who does not have sex and who serves a temple

is a literary adjective about sexual purity and virginity

Antonyms

L

lewd

• Offensive

33 7.4

Sexually offensive or indecent in a way that shocks people

I

impure

• NSFW

20 6.0

Not morally clean because it is corrupt or obscene

Compounds

V

vestal virgin

• Literature

1 9.9

A Roman woman priest who kept a temple's sacred fire burning

How Chaste

vestal

• Archaic

1 9.9

virginal

• NSFW

5 7.6

chaste

14 7.4

modest

20 3.6

unchaste

• NSFW

1 9.1

immoral

144 4.6

Surface Forms

Etymology