Definitions for vestal

vestal ves·tal

Spelling: [ves-tl]
IPA: /ˈvɛs tl/

Vestal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in vestal (aelstv).

Definitions for vestal

noun

  1. vestal virgin.
  2. a chaste unmarried woman; virgin.
  3. a nun.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the goddess Vesta.
  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vestal virgin; chaste; pure.

Origin of vestal

1400-50; late Middle English (adj.) Latin vestālis. See Vesta, -al1

Examples for vestal

Twice the boat returned without an accident to the “vestal.”

So it is when the literary deities, vestal or otherwise, return to their Stratfords.

To bear sway for the stranger would be a work of danger to the “vestal.”

The boat returned to the “vestal,” and all those who had been rescued were put on board.

In such cases these women were made vestal Virgins in the temples.

In such carpenta may the vestal virgins have ascended the Capitol.

To bear away for the stranger would be a work of danger to the “vestal.”

The scene changes to the vestal sanctuary in Priam's palace.

There is something divine in every vestal, and Rubria is very beautiful.

vestal virgins were not supposed to have children, yet they could and often did marry.

Word Value for vestal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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