Pyx

Word PYX
Character 3
Hyphenation pyx
Pronunciations /pɪks/

Definitions and meanings of "Pyx"

What do we mean by pyx?

A container in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept. noun

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

To test by weight and assay, as the coins deposited in the pyx at the British mint. See trial of the pyx, above.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the vase or vessel in which the reserved eucharist is kept. noun

A box or chest in which specimen coins are deposited at the British mint. noun

Nautical, the metallic box in which the nautical compass-card is suspended. noun

In anatomy, the acetabulum of the hip-bone; the cotyloid cavity; the pyxis. noun

The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved. 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. noun

The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. noun

Same as Pyxis. noun

A veil of silk or lace covering the pyx. noun

The annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins. noun

To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. transitive verb

The small container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist noun

Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept noun

A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay noun

A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass.

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 in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

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The word "pyx" in example sentences

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. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

One extant mediaeval example of the pyx cloth that covered the pyx is to be found, coming from the Hessett Church in Suffolk, England: ❋ Unknown (2009)

The hanging pyx is a suspended form of tabernacle, or place of reservation in other words, for the Blessed Sacrament. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The word pyx (Lat., pyxis, which transliterates the Greek, pyxis, box-wood receptacle, from pyxos, box-tree) was formerly applied in a wide and general sense to all vessels used to contain the Blessed ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

From the resemblance in size and shape the word pyx is also used to denote the small silver vessel or custode in which the Sacred ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Personally, I thought it was sort of amazing that anyone twelve years old would know that a pyx is a container for the Host during communion. ❋ JODI PICOULT (2005)

A pyx is the vessel, usually boxlike, which holds the consecrated Eucharist. ❋ Gertrude Grace Sill (1975)

At the present day two vessels are used to reserve the Blessed Sacrament: one, called a pyx, is a small round box and serves for carrying the ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

And then I remembered that a pyx is a sacred vessel, and quartz is a hard stone, as hard as the heart of a religious foe-curser. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

Giovanni and seeing him intent upon the carved work and paintings of the pyx, which is upon the altar of the said church and which had then not long been placed there, he judged the place and time opportune for carrying his intent into execution. ❋ Giovanni Boccaccio (1344)

A gothic revival triple crown pyx, found in Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair, London, by Sir Ninian Comper. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The usual method for fixing the pyx was for a crane or pulley to be so arranged over the altar as to permit of the ready raising or lowering of the pyx, which was suspended by a cord or chain attached to a ring on its top. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Recently, we looked at the hanging pyx as one of the historical methods of reservation of the Blessed Sacrament. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The pyx itself was veiled in a pyx cloth, which often had the form of a square napkin, with a hole in the middle, through which the suspending cord passed, and weighted tassles at the four corners which kept it down close by the pyx. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Lemme] [score] some pyx of your [boobs]. ❋ Mike Kickass (2006)

“Hey, you know that girl Pyx? yeah, she’s kinda [mysterious] but I [talked] to her and now we are [best friends]” ❋ Minoushka (2018)

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