vestal virgin
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The story of the vestal virgin Claudia Quinta represents one such instance.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
His father was a "lunger," and ex-professor from the East; his mother a vestal virgin dedicated to keeping the home fires burning.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a room on the first floor is a half figure of a vestal virgin who has a noble expression on her face.
From Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 by Various
She is vowed as a vestal virgin to science.
From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Harriet Stark
She possessed in his eyes something of the sanctity of a vestal virgin, one who must not be profaned by marriage.
From The Mayor of Warwick by Herbert M. (Herbert Müller) Hopkins
