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noun
Cist  n.  
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.
2.
See Cyst.





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"Cist" Quotes from Famous Books



... on Belmore Mountain, County Fermanagh, both burnt and unburnt interments were found with pottery and other objects of early Bronze-Age type.[1] At a recent excavation near Naas, County Kildare, a burnt interment was discovered in a cist, the remains being associated with a wrist-bracer and remains of pottery.[2] In the fine series of cairns on Carrowkeel Mountain, County Sligo, burnt and unburnt interments were found associated with pottery, bone implements, and ...
— The Bronze Age in Ireland • George Coffey


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