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vestal virgin
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Four or five hours ago she had entered that car as "free from the trammels of passion" as a vestal virgin.
Her full, gentle figure had the charm of the vestal virgin and the wife.
Their mother was a vestal virgin,—that is, she was a maiden who tended the sacred fire in the temple of the goddess Vesta.
From the marble and fresco decorations found here, these rooms were most probably the apartment of the High Vestal Virgin.
"Many thanks," drawled the vestal virgin, who was still looking into her coffee cup.
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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to vestal virgin, such as: celibate, and maiden.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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