vestal

nouns

a chaste woman

vestal

is a type of (narrower)

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

"the woman kept house while the man hunted"

of or relating to Vesta

"vestal virgin"

vestal

is derived from

pertains to

in a state of sexual virginity

"pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"

pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous