Associations to the word «Cist»

Wiktionary

CIST, noun. A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient Greece
CIST, 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.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley