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Pyx

noun
(Written also pix)
1.
A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay.  Synonyms: pix, pix chest, pyx chest.
2.
Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.  Synonym: pix.





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"Pyx" Quotes from Famous Books



... mere cold clay As all false things are: but so fair, She takes the breath of men away Who gaze upon her unaware. I would not play her larcenous tricks To have her looks! She lied and stole, And spat into my love's pure pyx The rank saliva of her soul. And still they sing, ...
— The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV • Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Words linked to "Pyx" :   pyx chest, chest, receptacle


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