What is the meaning of vestal?

noun

  • A chaste woman.

adjective

  • Of or relating to Vesta.
    • usage: "vestal virgin"
  • In a state of sexual virginity.
    • usage: "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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