meaning of pyx
1. 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.
3. The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
4. Same as Pyxis.
5. To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.
6. any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
Related Words
pyx | pyx chest | pyxidanthera | pyxidanthera barbulata | pyxidate | pyxidia | pyxidium | pyxie | pyxis | pyxle |
