Associations to the word «Cist»
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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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.