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Meanings of vestal in English

In a state of sexual virginity.

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        1
        The legal rights of a vestal virgin were set forth in detail.
        Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
        2
        And Thusis wore her vestal veil in the full sun of noon.
        In Secret
        3
        There is something divine in every vestal, and Rubria is very beautiful.
        Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
        4
        She stood before him like a vestal guarding her temple from desecration.
        A Hoosier Chronicle
        5
        Part of this vestal vow, I remember, was contained in the following verse:-
        The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield
        6
        He could never hope to walk perpetually upon the vestal heights.
        Flames
        7
        Chastity was expected of the vestal, but of no one else.
        Imperial Purple
        8
        As she said this she looked as prim as a vestal.
        Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 01
        9
        If the vestal virgins turn down their thumbs, that's another matter.
        Androcles and the Lion
        10
        I'll dare to guess that you have abducted some Hindu vestal from Budhur?
        A Hungarian Nabob
        11
        The office of the vestal virgins in Rome was to preserve the holy fire.
        The God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in Religion
        12
        Her full, gentle figure had the charm of the vestal virgin and the wife.
        Atlantis
        13
        Be my vestal and guard the holy fire of love.
        Vergilius: A Tale of the Coming of Christ
        14
        So it is when the literary deities, vestal or otherwise, return to their Stratfords.
        Coniston — Volume 04
        15
        Her holy love that like a vestal flame had burned
        Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
        16
        True; for thou art in love with a Christian vestal, who sits in the Trans-Tiber.
        Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
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