Vestal: alternatives and connections

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Possessing or exhibiting virtue.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.