Dictionary:

vestal

  (vĕs'təl)

1. Roman Mythology.
   1. Of or relating to Vesta.
   2. Relating to or characteristic of the vestal virgins.
2. Chaste; pure.

1. Roman Mythology. A vestal virgin.
2. A woman who is a virgin.
3. A nun.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a chaste woman

The adjective vestal has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to Vesta
  Pertains to noun: Vesta (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: in a state of sexual virginity
  Synonyms: pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous

Vestal can refer to:

• Pertaining to Vesta (mythology), a Roman goddess, the Sacred fire of Vesta, or the Temple of Vesta
• Vestal Virgin
• Vestal, New York
• Vestal Senior High School, school in Vestal, New York
• Albert Henry Vestal, American politician
• USS Vestal (AR-4), ship
• Vestal Review, magazine
• Vestal (moth), a moth of the family Geometridae

See also

• Vesta

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kysk
n. - vestalinde

Nederlands (Dutch)
kuis, betreffende Vesta/Vestaalse maagden, Vestaalse maagd, non

Français (French)
adj. - chaste (littér)
n. - vierge vestale, vierge, nonne

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vestalisch, der Vesta
n. - Vestalin

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (μυθολ.) της (θεάς) Εστίας, (μτφ.) παρθενικός
n. - παρθένα

Italiano (Italian)
vestale

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - vestal (f)

Русский (Russian)
весталка, девственница

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de vestal, casto, virginal
n. - vestal, virgen

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vestalisk, jungfrulig
n. - vestal, jungfru

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
女灶神的, 处女的, 贞洁的, 处女, 修女

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 女灶神的, 處女的, 貞潔的
n. - 處女, 修女

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 순결한 미혼여성의, 베스타 여신의
n. - 베스타 여신의 시중 드는 처녀, 순결한 처녀, 수녀

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 貞潔な
n. - 処女, 修道女

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) راهبه, متواضعه, طاهرة (الاسم) ينسب الى فستا ( الهه الموقد عند الرومان)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צנועה, טהורה, של האלה הרומית וסטה‬
n. - ‮טהורה, נזירה, בתולת וסטה (ברומא העתיקה)‬

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