Vestal
adjective
1.
of or relating to the goddess Vesta.
2.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a vestal virgin; chaste; pure.
noun
3.
vestal virgin.
4.
a chaste unmarried woman; virgin.
5.
a nun.
adjective
1.
chaste or pure; virginal
2.
of or relating to the Roman goddess Vesta
noun
3.
a chaste woman; virgin
4.
a rare word for nun1 (sense 1)
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