Complete Definition of "Vesta"

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Etymology
From the Latin vestale', (to dwell, stay, similar in idea to the Greek hestia'. Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess

Proper noun
Vesta
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  1. the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hestia

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