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vestal virgin

noun

Definition of vestal virgin

1 : a virgin consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to the service of watching the sacred fire perpetually kept burning on her altar
2 : a chaste woman

Examples of vestal virgin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 The vestal virgins, who maintained the sacred fire of Vesta, the goddess of hearth and home, were the Beyhive of their day. — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, "Superfans: A Love Story," 9 Sep. 2019 The vestal virgins, whose images appear on coins and friezes in Mr. MacGregor’s pages, held the high responsibility of keeping the Roman national hearth alight. — Andrew Stark, WSJ, "‘Living With the Gods’ Review: The Gang’s All Here," 16 Nov. 2018

First Known Use of vestal virgin

circa 1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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