Definitions for vestals

vestals ves·tal

Spelling: [ves-tl]
IPA: /ˈvɛs tl/

Vestals is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in vestals (aelsstv).

Definitions for vestals

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 vestals

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

Examples for vestals

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.”

Word Value for vestals
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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