Usually means: Burial chamber made from stone.
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  15. Cist: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cist)

▸ noun:  (historical, Ancient Greece) A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.
▸ noun:  (archaeology) 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.

Similar:
kist, cystis, cistern, cistophorus, cysticle, cistvaen, ciborium, cella, cyathus, calathus, more...

Opposite:
coffer, chest, trunk, box

Types:
rock-cut, dolmen, mausoleum, barrow, tumulus, crypt, catacomb, more...

Adjectives:
small, central, large, lined, short, rectangular, long, second, circular, megalithic, secondary

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Similar:
kist, cystis, cistern, cistophorus, cysticle, cistvaen, ciborium, cella, cyathus, calathus, more...

Opposite:
coffer, chest, trunk, box

Types:
rock-cut, dolmen, mausoleum, barrow, tumulus, crypt, catacomb, more...

Adjectives:
small, central, large, lined, short, rectangular, long, second, circular, megalithic, secondary



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