Cist Definition

sĭst
noun
In ancient times, a box or chest, esp. one containing sacred utensils.
Webster's New World
A prehistoric tomb made of stone slabs or hollowed out of rock.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cist

Noun

Singular:
cist
Plural:
cists

Origin of Cist

  • Short for Welsh cist faen stone chest cist chest (ultimately from Latin cista box cist1) maen stone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Welsh cist faen (see kistvaen, cistvaen, from Latin cist

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kistē).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin cista from Greek kistē

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cist Sentence Examples

  • A tumulus and cist graves were dug containing weapons, fibulae, and pottery of sub-Mycenaean type like that previously found at Theotoku.

  • After the burial the cist was covered in with earth.

  • The chamber, no longer regarded as a habitation to be tenanted by the deceased, became simply a cist for the reception of the urn which held his ashes.

  • The white and calcined bones were then picked out of the ashes by the friends and placed in a metallic urn, which was deposited in a hollow grave or cist and covered over with large well-fitting stones.

  • These type of chambered Bronze Age cist burials are known as segmented cists.

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Words Starting With

CCICIS

Words Ending With

TSTIST

Unscrambles

cist

Words Starting With C and Ending With T

Starts With C & Ends With TStarts With CI & Ends With TStarts With C & Ends With ST

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With C4 Letter Words Ending With T