vestal

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As a result, political crises could result from the murder of a vestal, while miracles were attributed to their magical virginity.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

That transformation unlocked something new that shot her to the top of pop’s Olympus: the vestal vamp.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022

The vestal virgins, who maintained the sacred fire of Vesta, the goddess of hearth and home, were the Beyhive of their day.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 9, 2019

A center wall, painted with floral-themed graffiti that recalls Keith Haring’s more vestal imagery, frames the open kitchen and rights the visual balance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2019

“Flies,” he remembered, “On the white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand, may seize And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley