cist

  1. Noun.  A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient Greece.
  2. Noun.  (archeology) 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. .

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