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VESTAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chaste woman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vestal" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Derivation:
vestal (in a state of sexual virginity)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a state of sexual virginity
Example:
men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
Synonyms:
pure; vestal; virgin; virginal; virtuous
Classified under:
Similar:
chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))
Derivation:
vestal (a chaste woman)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to Vesta
Example:
vestal virgin
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Vesta ((Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia)
Derivation:
Vesta (the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered)
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