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Cist

//ˈsɪst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece. historical
  2. 2
    A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.

    "A central stone slab cist containing the burial was surrounded by a circles of stones placed on edge, probably to represent the round house in which the deceased had lived."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of chest.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Welsh cist (“chest”) (see kistvaen), from Latin cista (“chest, casket”), see above.

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