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vestal

/ves-tl/US // ˈvɛs tl //UK // (ˈvɛstəl) //

圣母玛利亚,马斯特尔,圣母院,圣母玛利亚人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the goddess Vesta.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a vestal virgin; chaste; pure.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : vestal virgin.
    • : a chaste unmarried woman; virgin.
    • : a nun.

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Examples

  • The Vestal virgins received especial honor, and were appointed by the Pontifex Maximus.

  • "The vestal virgins here are old men," replied Ralph, wickedly pleased to get a joke on the lady.

  • He has now decided to void the virginity of the vestal, and to assume that she was in reality a demon, and not a being of earth.

  • Who does not remember "Beechenbrook," that pure Vestal in the temple of Mars?

  • Four or five hours ago she had entered that car as "free from the trammels of passion" as a vestal virgin.