pix¹ /piks/

pix² /piks/ (informal)

Pictures, usu in the sense of photographs

pic /pik/ (informal)

A picture

pyx or pix /piks/

1. A box
2. A vessel in which the host is kept after consecration, now usu that in which it is carried to the sick (RC)
3. A box at the Mint in which sample coins are kept for testing

To test the weight and fineness of eg the coins deposited in the pyx

pyxidˈium noun (pl pyxidˈia) (botany)

A capsule that opens by a transverse circular split

pyxˈis noun (pl pyxˈides /-id-ēz/)

A little box or casket for jewels, drugs, toilet materials, etc

trial of the pyx

1. Trial by weight and assay of gold and silver coins by a jury of goldsmiths
2. The periodic official testing of sterling coinage

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