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
- : of or relating to the goddess Vesta.
- : of, relating to, or characteristic of a vestal virgin; chaste; pure.
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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