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Cist

A cist (or /ˈsɪst/) or kist (/ˈkɪst/) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found all over the world. A cist may have been associated with other monuments, perhaps under a cairn or long barrow. It would not be uncommon to find several cists close together within the same cairn or barrow. Occasionally, ornaments have been found within a cist under excavation, which could indicate the wealth of the interred individual.

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National Trust backs return of Cist Stones.(Features)
Aug 17, 2000; They have been Ulster's equivalent of the Elgin Marbles. The Mount Stewart Cist Stones have been, for over half-a-century, away...
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Jan 01, 2007; cist • assist , cist, coexist, consist, cyst, desist, enlist, exist, fist, gist, grist, hist, insist, list, Liszt, mist,...
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Jan 01, 1998; Cist. Cistercian
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segmented cist
Jan 01, 2002; segmented cist [MC]. A style of chamber construction found amongst long barrows in northwest Europe in which the chamber is...
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China: CIST wins two Police Geographic Information System contract.
Jun 13, 2008; Byline: mohammed05 China Information Security Technology (CIST), a provider of Information Security and 3S (Geographic...
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