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Vestal virgin

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Noun
  1. 1
    A virgin dedicated to the service of the goddess Vesta. literally
  2. 2
    (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple wordnet
  3. 3
    A chaste woman.

Etymology

From Latin; virgines Vestales referred to the priestesses in charge of the sacred fire in the temple of Vesta in Rome.

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