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cist

1   [sist]
noun Classical Antiquity.
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
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Origin:
1795–1805; < Latin cista < Greek kístē chest

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cist

2   [sist, kist]
noun
a prehistoric sepulchral tomb or casket.
Also, kist.

Origin:
1795–1805; < Welsh < Latin cista. See cist1

Related forms
cist·ed, adjective
cis·tic, adjective
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cist1 (sɪst)
 
—n
a wooden box for holding ritual objects used in ancient Rome and Greece
 
[C19: from Latin cista box, chest, basket, from Greek kistē]

cist or kist2 (sɪst)
 
—n
archaeol a box-shaped burial chamber made from stone slabs or a hollowed tree trunk
 
[C19: from Welsh: chest, from Latin cista box; see cist1]
 
kist or kist2
 
—n
 
[C19: from Welsh: chest, from Latin cista box; see cist1]

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cist
"sepulchral chest or chamber," 1804, in some cases from L. cista, from Gk. kiste "box, chest" (see chest); in some cases from Welsh cist in cist faen "stone coffin."
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cist

prehistoric European coffin containing a body or ashes, usually made of stone or a hollowed-out tree; also, a storage place for sacred objects. "Cist" has also been used in a more general sense to refer to the stone burial place itself, usually built in the form of a dolmen, with several upright stone slabs supporting a flat roofing stone

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