קִיסְרִין, Cæsarea, name of several cities, esp. Cæsarea (Palestina), a maritime city founded by Herod the Great on the site of Straton’s Tower. Meg. 6ᵃ (ref. to עקרון, Zeph. II, 4) זו ק׳ בת אדום וכ׳ this means (symbolically) C., the daughter of Edom (seat of the Roman government) &c., v. חוֹל I. Ib. מלכי ק׳ וירושלים the governors of C. and of Jerusalem. Lam. R. to IV, 21 ‘daughter of Edom’ זו ק׳ this means C.—Tosef. Ohol. XVIII, 16 ק׳ שהחזיקו בה וכ׳ C. which was always considered unclean (v. מָדוֹר). Ib. 13 מזרח ק׳ the eastside of C.; Ohol. XVIII, 9 (ed. Dehr. קסרון, corr. acc.; some ed. קֵיסַרִיּוֹן). Y. Pes. III, end, 30ᵇ רבנן דק׳ the Rabbis of C.; a. fr.—Y. Yeb. II, end, 4ᵇ, a. e. ק׳ שבקפודקיא Cæsarea in Cappadocia, v. מְגִיזָה. Mekh. B’shall., Amal., s. 2 קסריון, v. מְחִלָּה.—Denom. קִיסְרִי, קִסְ׳ Cæsarean. Tosef. Dem. IV, 23 הניח ק׳ ומצא אגרי (Var. ומצא עִגְּרוֹן) if he left Cæsarean wheat (bought for immediate use) and found storage wheat in its place (v. אֵגוֹרִי).