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hestia
/ˈhɛstiə/
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What does hestia mean?
proper noun
- The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.
- 46 Hestia, a main belt asteroid.
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/ˈhɛstiə/
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He married his sister Rhea, who bore him Pluto, Poseidon, Zeus, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera.
The Greeks worshiped at an altar of this kind which they called the Altar of Hestia and which the Romans called the Altar of Vesta.
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The child at baptism is dedicated to Vesta, or Hestia, the Queen of Hearths and Homes, a divinity who is supposed to assist him in securing the special evidence of divine favor, namely, fruitfulness of body.