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Definition of "pyx" [pyx]

  • Ecclesiastical A container in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept. (noun)
  • Ecclesiastical A container in which the Eucharist is carried to the sick. (noun)
  • A chest in a mint in which specimen coins are placed to await assay. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pyx" in a sentence
  • "In later times however it has come about that the term pyx is limited in ordinary usage to that smaller vessel of gold, or silver-gilt, in which the Eucharist is commonly carried to the sick."
  • "The hanging pyx is a suspended form of tabernacle, or place of reservation in other words, for the Blessed Sacrament."
  • "One extant mediaeval example of the pyx cloth that covered the pyx is to be found, coming from the Hessett Church in Suffolk, England:"