cist
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cist1 /sɪst/ (also kist)
▶noun Archaeology a coffin or burial chamber made from stone or a hollowed tree.
– origin Welsh, lit. ‘chest’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cist2 /sɪst/
▶noun (in ancient Greece) a box for sacred utensils.
– origin C19: from L. cista, from Gk kistē ‘box’.
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