vestal
Example Sentences
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A few women could serve in a priestly office as vestal virgins.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
