Cĭst, n.

n. [Fr ciste, Lat. cista, Gr. κίστη, box, chest.]

1. (Arch. & Sculp.) A chest or basket, — usually applied to the baskets employed in processions connected with the Eleusinian mysteries. See CYST.
2. (Antiq.) A tomb of the Celtic period, consisting of a stone chest covered with stone slabs.