vestal

Plural: vestals

Noun

• A woman who is chaste or pure.
• a chaste woman
• 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.
• A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.
• A nun.

Adjective

• of or relating to Vesta
  • "vestal virgin"

Adjective Satellite

• in a state of sexual virginity
  • "pure and vestal modesty"

Adj

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

Examples

• Playing VESTAL earned her few points, but the word itself held a certain pristine elegance on the Words With Friends board.

Synonyms

pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous

Anagrams of vestal