单词 | pyx |
释义 | pyx /piks/, n. 1. Eccles. a. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. b. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick. 2. Also called pyx chest. a box or chest at a mint, in which specimen coins are deposited and reserved for trial by weight and assay. Also, pix. [1350-1400; ME pyxe < L pyxis < Gk pyxís a box, orig. made of boxwood] |
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