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Meaning Of Vesta
n.
One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical
with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth;
hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
n.
An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.