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Cust vs Cist - What's the difference?

cust | cist |

As an abbreviation cust

is custody.

As a noun cist is

a small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient Greece.

cust

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • custody
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    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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