cistula

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noun

A little box or chest.

OriginLatin cistula →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

nouncistula (plural cistulae)

plural cistulae

  1. A little box or chest.

    Let us now, however, point out how to make a catoptric cistula to represent the objects within it prodigiously multiplied, and diffused through a vast space.

    1829, The London Encyclopaedia, page 264

Origin

  1. Latincistula
  2. Englishcistula

From Latin cistula.

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APA

cistula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cistula

MLA

“cistula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cistula. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cistula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cistula.

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