Meaning of cist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.
   historical
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.

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Examples

“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.”

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