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pyx

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pyx also pix  (pks)
n.
1. Ecclesiastical
a. A container in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.
b. A container in which the Eucharist is carried to the sick.
2. A chest in a mint in which specimen coins are placed to await assay.
[Middle English pyxe, from Latin pyxis, box, from Greek puxis.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pyx - a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
pix, pix chest, pyx chest
chest - box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
2.pyx - any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
pix
receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in


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In Touraine I got nothing save a broken pate, but at Vierzon I had a great good fortune, for I had a golden pyx from the minster, for which I afterwards got nine Genoan janes from the goldsmith in the Rue Mont Olive.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
If I sell the very pyx and candlesticks on the altar at Jorvaulx, I shall scarce raise the half; and it will be necessary for that purpose that I go to Jorvaulx myself; ye may retain as borrows* my two priests.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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