Noun
An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.
A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe cistern contains: the fountain overflows. William Blake
Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. Paulo Coelho
Ah jist shrugged, -- Well, as one anarchist plumber sais tae the other: smash the cistern. Irvine Welsh
I go into solitude so as not to drink out of everybody's cistern. When I am among the many I live as the many do, and I do not think I really think. After a time it always seems as if they want to banish my self from myself and rob me of my soul. Friedrich Nietzsche
The excavators cleared out one of the ancient cisterns, and a few of the winter rains sufficed to fill the cistern with enough water to supply the expedition with water for the whole season. This illustrates the possibilities of almost any country, provided the right kind of people are there. Cyrus H. Gordon
A cistern among the ruins near the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu is also alleged to have been the Prison of Christ. Source: Internet