Vashti
noun
1.
the queen of Ahasuerus who was banished for refusing to appear before the king’s guests. Esther 1:9–22.
noun
1.
(Old Testament) the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus: deposed for refusing to display her beauty before his guests (Esther 1–2) Douay spelling Vasthi
beautiful, the queen of Ahasuerus, who was deposed from her royal dignity because she refused to obey the king when he desired her to appear in the banqueting hall of Shushan the palace (Esther 1:10-12). (See ESTHER.)
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