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Cist

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

Cistn. [L. cista box, chest, Gr. Cf. Chest.].
  •  A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix.  [1913 Webster]
  •  See Cyst.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Cist, n. (also kist) Archaeol. a coffin or burial-chamber made from stone or a hollowed tree.

Cist, n. Gk Antiq. a box used for sacred utensils.

Etymology
L cista f. Gk kiste box

THESAURUS

Cist

barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, box grave, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist grave, cromlech, crypt, deep six, dokhma, dolmen, grave, house of death, last home, long home, low green tent, low house, mastaba, mausoleum, monstrance, mummy chamber, narrow house, ossuarium, ossuary, passage grave, pit, pyramid, reliquary, resting place, sepulcher, shaft grave, shrine, stupa, tomb, tope, tower of silence, tumulus, vault

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