pyx
Americannoun
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Ecclesiastical.
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the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept.
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a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
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Also called pyx chest. a box or chest at a mint, in which specimen coins are deposited and reserved for trial by weight and assay.
noun
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Also called: pyx chest. the chest in which coins from the British mint are placed to be tested for weight, etc
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Christianity any receptacle in which the Eucharistic Host is kept
Etymology
Origin of pyx
1350–1400; Middle English pyxe < Latin pyxis < Greek pyxís a box, originally made of boxwood
Vocabulary lists containing pyx
Example Sentences
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Serving a less dramatic function, the Man of Sorrows becomes the thumb-sized lid handle of a beautiful pyx, a container for the consecrated host.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2011
Most Namban religious art also perished, except for some rare tea bowls decorated with the cross or an occasional lacquer pyx.
From Time Magazine Archive
For protection Father Theophilus, by special permission, wore a pyx containing the Blessed Sacrament.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then tell thy mission, and her present take; Which when thou hast, set forth with pyx and cake, One in each hand, while yet thou may'st retreat.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert
There is a fine custode covering a pyx, which is surmounted by a fifteenth-century baldaquin, and a tomb of a former canon, ornamented in bas-relief.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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