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👩‍🦳 A pure woman 🕊️ Chaste or pure 🔥 Of Vesta or priestesses
vestal

vestal

9.9
Relating to the Roman goddess Vesta or the women who served her
  • adjective
  • /ˈvɛstəl/
  • Literature
translation icon : vestal
  • Wearing white garments, the vestal virgins symbolized purity and devotion in their service to the goddess Vesta.
  • vestal virgins

Examples

  • In ancient Rome, the vestal virgins were essential to religious ceremonies, ensuring the fire of Vesta remained lit.

  • The vestal virgins, dedicated to the goddess Vesta, played a crucial role in maintaining Rome's sacred traditions.

  • The vestal virgins assured the success and sanctity of ancient Rome.

    Megalopolis (2024)

Synonyms

vestral
vsvestal
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is about relation to the Roman goddess and her priestesses rather than moral quality

Compounds

vestal virgin
  • Literature
1 9.9

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

Surface Forms

vestal positive

Etymology

Vestal comes directly from Vesta, the Roman goddess of the home and its sacred fire, and was used for the women who guarded that fire. So vestal can simply mean 'connected to Vesta' or to her religious rites.