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cist
1[ sist ]
noun
, Classical Antiquity.
- a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
cist
2[ sist, kist ]
noun
- a prehistoric sepulchral tomb or casket.
cist
1/ sɪst /
noun
- a wooden box for holding ritual objects used in ancient Rome and Greece
cist
2/ sɪst /
noun
- archaeol a box-shaped burial chamber made from stone slabs or a hollowed tree trunk
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Other Words From
- cisted adjective
- cistic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cist1
C19: from Latin cista box, chest, basket, from Greek kistē
Origin of cist2
C19: from Welsh: chest, from Latin cista box; see cist 1
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Example Sentences
In it were two burials, the first in a pottery cist placed in one corner of the well at 1·5 metres from the surface.
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Below this cist lay another body in a wooden box painted white.
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In the filling were fragments of Old Kingdom pottery, of a broken pottery cist, and of the rude pottery bars.
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In one instance the cist was found between walls and beneath a roof of sandstone blocks.
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A complete skeleton in a stone cist is now lying in a glass case in the museum.
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