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Pix   /pɪks/   Listen
noun
Pix  n., v.  See Pyx.


Pyx  n.  (Written also pix)  
1.
(R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.
2.
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.
3.
(Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
4.
(Anat.) Same as Pyxis.
Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx.
Trial of the pyx, the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins.





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