Origin: Latin
suffix -al
Vestal has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
2
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.
Adjective
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"
3
Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.
4
Alternative form of vestal (Pertaining to the goddess Vesta)
Example Sentences
"vestal virgin"
adjective
"pure and vestal modesty"
adjective
"a spinster or virgin lady"
adjective
"men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
adjective
Broader Terms (hypernyms)