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cist
1[ sist ]
noun
- a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
cist
2[ sist, kist ]
noun
- a prehistoric sepulchral tomb or casket.
cist
1/ ²õɪ²õ³Ù /
noun
- a wooden box for holding ritual objects used in ancient Rome and Greece
cist
2/ ²õɪ²õ³Ù /
noun
- archaeol a box-shaped burial chamber made from stone slabs or a hollowed tree trunk
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ³¦¾±²õ³ÙĻå adjective
- ³¦¾±²õt¾±³¦ adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of cist1
Origin of cist2
Example Sentences
In September 2017, a farmer near Rock, Northumberland, preparing his field for drainage discovered a burial cist - or stone coffin - containing a skeleton and a jug.
But they realized the pact had a warmÂing downside too, says David Fahey, a physiÂcist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System Research LabÂoratory in Boulder, Colorado.
“There’s so much variation in how they are positioned,†she said, “between whether they are cremated or buried; whether they are within a tomb, or a chamber, or a cist or a pit grave; whether they are placed face down or face up.â€
The cist contained a finely-decorated beaker which had held food or drink for the deceased's journey into the afterlife.
The skeleton of "Thankerton Man" was found in a stone cist - a type of burial chamber - at Boatbridge Quarry, Thankerton, South Lanarkshire, in 1970.
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