Vesta

ves′ta, n. among the Romans, the chaste godde that presided over the family, in whose temple the sacred fire was continually kept burning: the fourth planetoid discovered in 1807: a match or wax light:— pl. Ves′tas .— adj. Ves′tal , pertaining to or consecrated to the service of Vesta: chaste: pure.— n. in the ancient Roman religion, one of the six patrician virgins consecrated to Vesta: a virgin, a nun, a woman of spotle chastity.