Vestal

Vestal - Other Definitions

• (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.
  
  
• (a.) 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.) A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
  
  
• (n. pl.) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies.