vestal virgin
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The story of the vestal virgin Claudia Quinta represents one such instance.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
His father was a "lunger," and ex-professor from the East; his mother a vestal virgin dedicated to keeping the home fires burning.
From Time Magazine Archive
She bowed to each of them, still with the vestal virgin air, and said, "Glad to know you!" to each in turn without looking at anyone.
From The Woman with the Fan by Hichens, Robert Smythe
The legal rights of a vestal virgin were set forth in detail.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
The younger Pliny gives in one of his letters a pathetic account of the execution of Cornelia, a vestal virgin, by the order of Domitian.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
