: a neolithic or Bronze Age burial chamber typically lined with stone

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The Orkney Islands are rich in prehistoric sites, and it was thought, at first, that the slab could be the capstone of a type of Bronze Age burial known as a cist. Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Welsh, chest, from Latin cista

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cist was in 1804

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“Cist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cist. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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