Definition of Cisterns

1. cistern [n] - See also: cistern

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cisterns

cisterna ambiens
cisterna basalis
cisterna caryothecae
cisterna cerebellomedullaris
cisterna chiasmatis
cisterna chyli
cisterna cruralis
cisterna fossae lateralis cerebri
cisterna interpeduncularis
cisterna magna
cisterna perilymphatica
cisterna pontis
cisterna superioris
cisterna venae magnae cerebri
cisternography
cisterns (current term)
cistern of chiasm
cistern of cytoplasmic reticulum
cistern of great cerebral vein
cistern of great vein of cerebrum
cistern of lateral fossa of cerebrum
cistern of nuclear envelope
cistic
Cistothorus
Cistothorus palustris
Cistothorus platensis
cistron
cistron
cistronic
cistrons

Literary usage of Cisterns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"cisterns were also made in private houses, allusions to which occur in 2 Kings ... Of the cisterns existing at Jerusalem, notice has already been taken in ..."

2. The Insurance Year Book by Spectator insurance yearbook (1882)
"COLUMBUS—Population, 1574; water supply, river and cisterns ; no fire protection. ... 5 cisterns. 1500 feet good hose ; volunteer fire deportment. 30 men. ..."

3. History of Sanitation by John Joseph Cosgrove (1909)
"the first mention is made of cisterns in "Drink ye every one the water of his cistern." The methods employed by the Pole and Bucket for Raising Water ..."

4. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1841)
"Under the disadvantages of its position in this respect, Jerusalem must necessarily have always been dependent on its cisterns ;2 and a city which thus ..."

5. Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements by William Henry Corfield (1885)
"cisterns of lead have long been frequently used on account of their durability. They are open to the same objections as lead pipes, although from the fact ..."

6. Physical Geography of the Holy Land by Edward Robinson (1865)
"Only one of them was now in use.8 On the summit of Tabor are several ancient cisterns; in one of which we found good water.3 The water of cisterns is not ..."

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