*~Relief of the V-est-al Virgins at ab-an-qu-et, found in 1935 ne-ar Ro-me's Vi-a de-l C-or-so (Muse-u-m of the Ar-a Pa-c-i-s)~
*~2nd-c-e-nt-u-r-y AD R-om-an statue of a V-ir-g'-o V-est-al-i-s M-a-x-i-ma (Na-t'-io-n-al R-om-an Muse-u-m)~
NOUN
Vestal Virgins (plural noun)
- (in ancient Ro-me) a virgin consecrated to V-est-a and v-o-wed
- to chastity, sharing the charge of maintaining the sacred fire burning
- * on the Goddess's Al-t'-ar.
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