vestal
ve stuhl
- n a chaste woman
- a of or relating to Vesta
vestal virgin - s in a state of sexual virginity
pure and vestal modesty
- Went to a costume banquet enlivened by a group of pretty "vestal virgins" (Italian extras).
- This imaginary Cleopatra, who goes to Rome with Caesar, certain that "the world needs its Cleopatras as well as it needs its vestal virgins," is made out to be one of the frankest .
- Jazz purists are no less vestal-vinegary than long-haired music lovers, and not much more numerous.