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# vestal

noun (vestals); adjective (no comparative)

«vestal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vestal, or Vestal Virgin, was a priestess in ancient Rome who kept the sacred fire of the goddess Vesta burning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestal/#m1)
2. Vestal means pure, chaste, as of a maiden who has given herself to a holy duty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestal/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories of ancient Rome and Greece, a priestess who must stay a maiden and tend the holy fire

### Examples

- On her altar burned the never-ceasing fire, which was tended by her priestesses, the Vestal Virgins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestal/#x1)
- The priestesses of Vesta, called Vestales or Vestal Virgins, played a conspicuous part in these festivals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestal/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vestal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vestal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vestal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vestal.html) on Mova free.