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Word: Pyx
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Latin pyxis, from Greek puxis ‘box’
pɪks
the container in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept.
Short Definition:container in which consecrated bread of Eucharist is kept
(in the UK) a box at the Royal Mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually at the trial of the pyx by members of the Goldsmiths' Company.
Short Definition:(in UK) box at Royal Mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually at trial of pyx by members
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