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"roman": "vesṭali",
"sense": "of or pertaining to Vesta",
"word": "ვესტალი"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to Vesta",
"word": "veisteach"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to Vesta",
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{
"ref": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts",
"roman": "In emulation of her vestal whiteness.",
"text": "Does money fail?—come to my mint—coin paper,\nTill gold be at a discount, and ashamed\nTo show his bilious face, go purge himself,",
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}
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"Pure; chaste."
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"roman": "devstven",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "девствен"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "celomǎdren",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "целомъдрен"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umanḳo",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "უმანკო"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ubic̣o",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "უბიწო"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "veisteach"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čístyj",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "чи́стый"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neporočnyj",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "непорочный"
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"word": "St. John's Wood vestal"
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"A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dévstvennica",
"sense": "female virgin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́вственница"
},
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"_dis1": "30 70 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "female virgin",
"word": "virgulino"
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"_dis1": "30 70 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dévstvennica",
"sense": "female virgin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female virgin",
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"A nun."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monahinja",
"sense": "nun",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "монахиня"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monáxinja",
"sense": "nun",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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}
]
}
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"ref": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts",
"roman": "In emulation of her vestal whiteness.",
"text": "Does money fail?—come to my mint—coin paper,\nTill gold be at a discount, and ashamed\nTo show his bilious face, go purge himself,",
"type": "quotation"
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"Pure; chaste."
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "vesṭali",
"sense": "of or pertaining to Vesta",
"word": "ვესტალი"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to Vesta",
"word": "veisteach"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "posvjaščónnyj",
"sense": "of or pertaining to Vesta",
"word": "посвящённый Весте"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to Vesta",
"word": "vestal"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "devstven",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "девствен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "celomǎdren",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "целомъдрен"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umanḳo",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "უმანკო"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ubic̣o",
"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "უბიწო"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "veisteach"
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{
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"sense": "pure; chaste",
"word": "чи́стый"
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"A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin."
],
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"virgin",
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"A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations."
]
},
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"A nun."
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"ipa": "/ˈvɛs.t(ə)l/"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dévstvennica",
"sense": "female virgin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́вственница"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "female virgin",
"word": "virgulino"
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"roman": "dévstvennica",
"sense": "female virgin",
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"word": "де́вственница"
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"sense": "female virgin",
"word": "vestal"
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{
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"sense": "nun",
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"feminine"
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"word": "vestal"
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