vestal

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.
2. Pure; chaste.

1. A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.
2. A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.
3. A nun.

1. Alternative form of vestal (Pertaining to the goddess Vesta)
2. Synonym of Vestan (Pertaining to the asteroid Vesta)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Vestālis.