cist

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.
2. noun 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 words

kist cystis cistern cistophorus cysticle cistvaen ciborium cella cyathus calathus

Often followed by

graves was tombs grave in and burials at of

Word family

cists