pyx
pyx definition
pyx (piks)
noun
- the container in which the consecrated wafer of the Eucharist is kept
- a small container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick
- a box in a mint, in which specimen coins are placed until the test for purity and weight
Etymology: ME pixe < L pyxis < Gr, box < pyxos, the box tree
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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