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noun(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
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nounthe brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
Definition that contains vesta
- vestal of or relating to Vesta
- vesta (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
- hestia (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta
- zoroastrianism system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil)
- vestal virgin (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple
- mazdaism system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil)
- rea silvia (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus
- avestan of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism)
- rhea silvia (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus
- avestan the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written