† conisteryObs.rare. [ad. L. conistērium, a. Gr. κονιστήριον place covered with dust, f. κόνις dust, ashes.] (See quot.) 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 486 The inferiour [part of furnace] receives the ashes, and is thence called the cinerist..or conistery.