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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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