vestal

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see also: Vestal

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Pronunciation

• enPR: vĕs'təl, IPA: /ˈvɛs.t(ə)l/

Adjective

vestal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.
2. Pure; chaste.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     Does money fail?—come to my mint—coin paper,
     Till gold be at a discount, and ashamed
     To show his bilious face, go purge himself,
     In emulation of her vestal whiteness.

Translations

• Russian: посвящённый
• Spanish: vestal

Translations

• Russian: чи́стый
• Spanish: vestal

Noun

vestal (plural vestals)

1. A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.
2. A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.
3. A nun.

Translations

• Russian: де́вственница
• Spanish: vestal

Translations

• Russian: мона́хиня

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Vestal

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Adjective

vestal (not comparable)

1. (mythology) Alternative form of vestal Pertaining to the goddess Vesta
2. (astronomy) Synonym of Vestan#English|Vestan Pertaining to the asteroid Vesta

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