vestal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vestal	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for vestal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vestal adj of or relating to Vesta; "vestal virgin" in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" Synonym(s): pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous n a chaste woman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestal \Ves"tal\, a. [L. Vestalis belonging to Vesta, vestal. See {Vesta}.] Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vestal \Ves"tal\, n. [L. Vestalis (sc. virgo): cf. F. vestale. See {Vestal}, a.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar. Note: The Vestals were originally four, but afterward six, in number. Their term of service lasted thirty years, the period of admission being from the sixth to the tenth year of the candidate's age. 2. A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun. How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! --Pope.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vestal, NY Zip code(s): 13850