cist
1a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
Origin of cist
1Other definitions for cist (2 of 2)
a prehistoric sepulchral tomb or casket.
Origin of cist
2- Also kist [kist] /kɪst/ .
Other words from cist
- cisted, adjective
- cistic, adjective
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How to use cist in a sentence
It appears in the later megalithic tombs and the underground stone vaults or cists.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerOn all the roads we ride daily past wall-like stone cists covered with slabs, on which the formula “Om mani padme hum” is carved.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven HedinIn both cists the body lay as in the two last-mentioned graves; one contained a sharp-edged shallow bowl of red ware.
El Kab | J.E. QuibellWe have seen the cists of Saxon times, the coffins formed of several stones placed together in the form of a table.
English Villages | P. H. DitchfieldCoffins of baked clay and cists formed of tiles have been found at York and at Adlborough.
Old Church Lore | William Andrews
British Dictionary definitions for cist (1 of 2)
/ (sɪst) /
a wooden box for holding ritual objects used in ancient Rome and Greece
Origin of cist
1British Dictionary definitions for cist (2 of 2)
kist
/ (sɪst) /
archaeol a box-shaped burial chamber made from stone slabs or a hollowed tree trunk
Origin of cist
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