CIST (Gr. ,dorn,

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• LAT

Lat. cista, a

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• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box; cf. Ger. Kiste, Welsh kistvaen,

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• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone-

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• COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

coffin, and also the other Eng.

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form "

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• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

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