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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the priestesses who tended the sacred fire in the temple of Vesta in ancient Rome and remained celibate during their servitude.
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- noun literally a
virgin dedicated to the service of the goddessVesta - noun a chaste woman
Etymologies
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Latin; virgines Vestales referred to the priestesses in charge of the sacred fire in the temple of Vesta in Rome
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