pyx

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the small container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist
a vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved
The container which holds the wafer used in Holy Communion
{n} a box or vessel wherein the host is kept
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
The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved
A small vessel in which the Blessed Sacrament is carried to the sick
any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
\Pyx\, n 1: A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay 2: any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
{i} box used to hold the Eucharist, container that holds the wafers for the Holy Communion
To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx
The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle
a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
Same as Pyxis
a vessel used to contain the consecrated bread of the sacrament
A pyx (or pyxis) is a storage container for Communion wafers, which is often stored in a tabernacle There is another type of pyx that is used to hold the ashes for the Ash Wednesday service
pyxes
plural of pyx
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    [ 'piks ] (noun.) 15th century. Latin pyxis, from late Ancient Greek πυξις (“box”).
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