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Cist

Cist Meaning & Definition
Cist Definition And Meaning

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Related Terms | Find terms related to 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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Cist In Webster's Dictionary

\Cist\, n. [L. cista box, chest, Gr. ? Cf. {Chest}.] 1. (Antiq.) 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. 2. See {Cyst}.

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