Definition of "vestal" in English

adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.

2. Pure; chaste.

noun

1. A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.

2. A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.

3. A nun.