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vestal virgin
noun
Definition of VESTAL VIRGIN
1
: a virgin consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to the service of watching the sacred fire perpetually kept burning on her altar
2
: a chaste woman
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First Known Use of VESTAL VIRGIN
circa 1583
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