vessel, vestal

Vessel or vessel means a container, such as a cup or bowl, used to hold liquid or some other substance--
This ancient vessel was used for serving wine.
The empty shell can be used as a vessel for water.

Vessel also means one of the tubes or ducts that carry fluids through a body--
He's in the hospital; he ruptured a blood vessel.
Who can name a type of blood vessel?

Vessel also means a boat or a ship--
A small motor vessel ferries people to the island and back.
This vessel can carry up to a hundred people.

Vessel may also be used figuratively, to mean a person who holds or passes on something spiritual--
The old preacher considers himself a vessel of divine inspiration.
To her students, the old school teacher seemed a vessel of learning.

Vestal or vestal means chaste or pure, as were the devotees of the Roman goddess Vesta--
He painted her as a vestal virgin, tending the sacred fire in the temple.
The long white dress seemed like a vestal robe.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"A vestal virgin entered, carrying a vessel of oil for the lamps."