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Cist vs Cit - What's the difference?

cist | cit |

As nouns the difference between cist and cit

is that cist is a small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient Greece while cit is townsman, city dweller.

cist

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) cista, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient Greece

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) cist faen (see kistvaen, cistvaen, from (etyl) cist

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
    • Derived terms
    * cist-urn

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    cit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, derogatory) townsman, city dweller
  • * 1856, , The Piazza
    • Not forgotten are the blue noses of the carpenters, and how they scouted at the greenness of the cit , who would build his sole piazza to the north.

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary

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