cist

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη. chest.
• Welsh cist (see kistvaen, cistvaen), from Latin cista ("chest, casket"), see above.