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Vestal prides itself on being a "Full Service Town" with a police department, volunteer fire department, highway department, water department, public library, museum and school system. The award-winning Vestal Central School District offers a K-12 education to more than 4,000 students.
In ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins or Vestals (Latin: Vestālēs, singular Vestālis [wɛsˈtaːlɪs]) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame. The Vestals were unlike any other public priesthood.
1. : of or relating to the Roman goddess Vesta. 2. a. : of or relating to a vestal virgin. b. : chaste. vestal. 2 of 2. noun. : vestal virgin. Synonyms. Adjective. chaste. clean. decent. G-rated. immaculate. modest. pure. virginal. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of vestal in a Sentence.
2 days ago · 1:23. Vestal's school board elected to postpone a controversial plan to move the district's bus garage to Ross Corners Park at its Tuesday board meeting. Dozens of residents, parents and Vestal ...
The privileged position of the Vestal Virgins in Roman society survived for more than a thousand years, passing through Rome’s changing systems of monarchy, republic, and empire.
Jun 13, 2019 · The Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth, and one of their most important functions was the maintenance of the sacred fire within the Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanum. Sacrifice to the goddess Vesta by Sebastiano Ricci. (Public Domain)
Aug 28, 2024 · Vestal Virgins, in Roman religion, six priestesses, representing the daughters of the royal house, who tended the state cult of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. The cult is believed to date to the 7th century bc; like other non-Christian cults, it was banned in ad 394 by Theodosius I. Chosen.
