A cist is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead.
Cist or CIST may also refer to:
Cistaceae, a small family of plants CIST-FM, a radio station in Manitoba, Canada Common and Internal Spanning Tree; see Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
People Charles Cist (printer) (1738–1805), United States printer Charles Cist (editor) (1792–1868), United States editor Henry M. Cist (1839–1902), American Civil War general
See also Cyst, a sac of tissue in the body O. Cist., Cistercian Order