Associations to the word «Pyx»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PYX, noun. The small container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
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, noun. (nautical) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
PYX, noun. (anatomy) pyxis
Dictionary definition
PYX, noun. A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay.
PYX, noun. Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.
Wise words
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.