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Webster 1913 Edition
Pyx
Pyx
,Noun.
[L.
pyxis
a box, Gr. πυξίσ
a box, especially of boxwood, fr. πύξοσ
the box tree or boxwood. See Box
a receptacle.] [Written also
pix
.] 1.
(R. C. Ch.)
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.)
The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
Weale.
4.
(Anat.)
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
,Verb.
T.
To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.
[Eng.]
Mushet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pyx
PYX
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pyx
pyx
English
Container for consecrated bread.
Noun
pyx (plural pyxes)
- The small container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
- And at the same instant perhaps a priest round the corner is elevating it. Dringdring! And two streets off another locking it into a pyx. Dringadring! And in a ladychapel another taking housel all to his own cheek. Dringdring!
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Mushet to this entry?)
- (nautical) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Weale to this entry?)
- (anatomy) pyxis
Translations
container for consecrated bread
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box for sample coins
nautical: box for compass — see binnacle
- Japanese: 羅針箱
anatomy: pyxis — see pyxis
- Japanese: 蓋果
See also
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Trial of the Pyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia