n. [ L. cista box, chest, Gr. &unr_; Cf. Chest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. Cistercium. F. Cîteaux, a convent not far from Dijon, in France: cf. F. cistercien. ] (Eccl.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Cîteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. --
n. [ OE. cisterne, OF. cisterne, F. cisterne, fr. L. cisterna, fr. cista box, chest. See Cist, and cf. chest. ]
a. See Cystic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and northern Africa.