maidenhood vs vestal

maidenhood

noun
  • A woman's virginity or maidenhead. 

  • Freshness; newness. 

  • The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl. 

vestal

noun
  • A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations. 

  • A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin. 

  • A nun. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth. 

  • Pure; chaste. 

How often have the words maidenhood and vestal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )