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vestal
(encz) | vestal,cudná žena n: Zdeněk Brož |
vestal
(encz) | vestal,panenský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Vestal
(gcide) | 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.
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Vestal
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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2. A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! --Pope.
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vestal
(wn) | vestal
adj 1: of or relating to Vesta; "vestal virgin"
2: 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" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin,
virginal, virtuous]
n 1: a chaste woman |
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vestal
(encz) | vestal,cudná žena n: Zdeněk Brožvestal,panenský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vestal virgin
(encz) | vestal virgin,panna n: Zdeněk Brož |
Vestales
(gcide) | Vestales \Ves*ta"les\, n. pl. [NL. See Vestal.] (Zool.)
A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or
gossamer-winged butterflies.
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vestal
(wn) | vestal
adj 1: of or relating to Vesta; "vestal virgin"
2: 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" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin,
virginal, virtuous]
n 1: a chaste woman |
vestal virgin
(wn) | vestal virgin
n 1: (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated
to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred
fire in her temple |
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