Crossword-Solution: VESTALS
We have 13 clues for the answer “VESTALS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Chaste priestesses of ancient Rome | 1 answer |
| Chaste women | 1 answer |
| Chaste women in Nero's time | 1 answer |
| Flame keepers of old Rome | 1 answer |
| Maintainers of a sacred flame in ancient Rome | 1 answer |
| Priestesses of ancient Rome. | 1 answer |
| Pure, chaste women | 1 answer |
| Roman virgins | 1 answer |
| Virgins of ancient Rome | 1 answer |
| Virgins of ancient Rome (... first 4 letters) | 1 answer |
| Nuns | 2 answers |
| A CHASTE WOMAN | 10 answers |
| Chaste | 79 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AMEZEC
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with VESTALS (5)
The multitude fled, the vestals ran away, and Leander was left alone with the victim; immediately he pulled off his red cap and asked her wherein he might serve her.
Inthroned in LUCASTA'S eye, He doth our faith and hearts survey; Then measures them by sympathy, And each to th' others breast convey; Whilst to his altars now The frozen vestals bow, And strickt Diana too doth go A-hunting with his fear'd, exchanged bow.
Six Vestals devoted their virginity to the guard of the sacred fire, and of the unknown pledges of the duration of Rome; which no mortal had been suffered to behold with impunity.
But when Gratian ascended the throne, more scrupulous or more enlightened, he sternly rejected those profane symbols; 6 applied to the service of the state, or of the church, the revenues of the priests and vestals; abolished their honors and immunities; and dissolved the ancient fabric of Roman superstition, which was supported by the opinions and habits of eleven hundred years.
The senators, and more especially the matrons, transformed their palaces and villas into religious houses; and the narrow institution of six vestals was eclipsed by the frequent monasteries, which were seated on the ruins of ancient temples, and in the midst of the Roman forum.
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Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 12 times in crossword archives (1960–2019).