PYX
pyx, pix
(noun) any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
pyx, pix, pyx chest, pix chest
(noun) a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pyx (plural pyxes)
A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass.
A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.
(nautical) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
(anatomy) Pyxis.
Verb
pyx (third-person singular simple present pyxes, present participle pyxing, simple past and past participle pyxed)
(transitive) To test (sample coins) for the weight and fineness of metal before they are sent from the mint.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyx, )n. Etym: [L. pyxis a box, Gr. Box a receptacle.] [Written also pix.]
1. ( R. C. Ch.)
Definition: The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.
2. A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. Mushet.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. Weale.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: Same as Pyxis. Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch., a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx. Trial of the pyx, the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins. Encyc. Brit.
Pyx, v. t.
Definition: To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. [Eng.] Mushet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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