vestal
chaste; of Vesta's priestesses
Today this word meansChaste. Historically, a priestess of the temple of Vesta in Rome.
From Vesta, the Roman name of Hestia.
The Vestals kept their chastity for thirty years and kept the fire of the state from going out.
Theirs was also nearly the only position in Rome where a woman held independent property rights and legal standing.