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Definition of Cists

Cist
Cist 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.

Meaning of Cists from wikipedia

- the Middle East. A cist may have formerly been ****ociated with other monuments, perhaps under a cairn or a long barrow. Several cists are sometimes found...
- cist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cist is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Cist or CIST may...
- Charles Cist may refer to: Charles Cist (printer) (1738–1805), United States printer Charles Cist (editor) (1792–1868), United States editor This disambiguation...
- Charles Cist (15 August 1738, in St. Petersburg, Russia – 2 December 1805, in Philadelphia) was an American printer. His birth surname was Thiel. He graduated...
- known cists on Dartmoor although there could be up to 100 that remain buried underneath unexplored cairns. In the South West there are no cists to be...
- The Cistercians (/sɪˈstɜːrʃənz/), officially the Order of Cistercians (Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic...
- Bronze Age stone-cist graves in Jõelähtme...
- Charles Cist (24 April 1792 – 5 September 1868) was an American editor. He was the son of printer Charles Cist. He was educated in Philadelphia, and during...
- second half of the fourth millennium BC, is composed of five stone cists. Four of the cists are surrounded by stone circles that originally marked the limits...
- found, dating from the Bronze Age. The mound contained two cists. On the left side of the cist's southern end, there were raised slabs of stone from a 1...