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Crypt vs Cist - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between crypt and cist

is that crypt is an underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place while cist is a small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient greece or cist can be (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.

crypt

English

(wikipedia crypt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
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  • (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the body

    • See also

    * encrypt (slang)

    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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