vestal

«vestal» in Mova's school dictionary: A vestal, or Vestal Virgin, was a priestess in ancient… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (vestals); adjective (no comparative)

meaning for a pupil

1) A vestal, or Vestal Virgin, was a priestess in ancient Rome who kept the sacred fire of the goddess Vesta burning. tree →

2) Vestal means pure, chaste, as of a maiden who has given herself to a holy duty. tree →

sense 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 →
• The priestesses of Vesta, called Vestales or Vestal Virgins, played a conspicuous part in these festivals. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vestal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.