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
The most awful penalties were visited upon the head of any vestal virgin who was guilty of violating her vows.
From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
His mother was a vestal virgin dedicated to the sun god, Shamash, and his father an unknown stranger from the mountains--a suggestion of immediate Semitic affinities.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
