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What (who) is pyx - definition
SMALL ROUND CONTAINER USED IN THE CATHOLIC, OLD CATHOLIC AND ANGLICAN CHURCHES TO CARRY THE CONSECRATED HOST
![Silver gilt]] pyx, south of France or Spain, 15th century ([[Musée de Cluny]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silver pyx MNMA Cl23528.jpg?width=200 "Silver gilt]] pyx, south of France or Spain, 15th century ([[Musée de Cluny]])")
![Host]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bronze pyx.JPG?width=200 "Host]]")
![Eucharistic dove ([[Walters Art Museum]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/French - Eucharistic Dove - Walters 443 - Profile.jpg?width=200 "Eucharistic dove ([[Walters Art Museum]])")
![Rock crystal with copper-gilt mounts pyx from 20th century ([[Hunt Museum]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rock crystal Pyx.jpg?width=200 "Rock crystal with copper-gilt mounts pyx from 20th century ([[Hunt Museum]])")
pyx
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PYX
[p?ks]
(also pix)
¦ noun
1. Christian Church the container in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept.
2. (in the UK) a box at the Royal Mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually.
Origin
ME: from L. pyxis, from Gk puxis 'box'.
Pyx
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PYX
·noun ·same·as Pyxis.
II. Pyx ·noun The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
III. Pyx ·noun The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.
IV. Pyx ·vt To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.
V. Pyx ·noun 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.
pyx
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PYX
n.
Box (especially that in which the host is kept), tabernacle, vessel, pyxis.
Wikipedia
Pyx
A pyx or pix (Latin: pyxis, transliteration of Greek: πυξίς, boxwood receptacle, from πύξος, box tree) is a small round container used in the Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican Churches to carry the consecrated host (Eucharist), to the sick or those who are otherwise unable to come to a church in order to receive Holy Communion. The term can also be used in archaeology and art history to describe small, round lidded boxes designed for any purpose from antiquity or the Middle Ages, such as those used to hold coins for the Trial of the Pyx in England.
Examples of use of pyx
1. Pliatsikas, the founding member of the band Pyx Lax, will be accompanied on stage by the Municipal Symphony Orchestra.