Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

CIST (Gr. ,dorn, Lat. cista, a box; c...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 393 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

CIST (Gr. ,dorn, See also:Lat. cista, a See also:box; cf. Ger. Kiste, Welsh kistvaen, See also:stone-See also:coffin, and also the other Eng. See also:form " See also:chest ")  , in See also:Greek See also:archaeology, a wicker-See also:work receptacle used in the Eleusinian and other mysteries to carry the sacred vessels; also,in the archaeology of prehistoric See also:man, a See also:coffin formed of See also:flat stones placed edgeways with another flat See also:stone for a See also:cover . The word is also used for a sepulchral chamber cut in the See also:rock (see COFFIN) . " Cistern," the See also:common See also:term for a See also:water-tank, is a derivation of the same word (See also:Lat. cisterna; cf . "See also:cave" and "cavern") .

End of Article: CIST (Gr. ,dorn, Lat. cista, a box; cf. Ger. Kiste, Welsh kistvaen, stone-coffin, and also the other Eng. form " chest ")
[back]
CISSOID (from the Gr. rcunr6s, ivy, and ethos, form...
[next]
CISTERCIANS

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.