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pax

  [paks, pahks]
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–noun
1. Ecclesiastical. kiss of peace.
2. (initial capital letter) a period in history marked by the absence of major wars, usually imposed by a predominant nation.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L: peace
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Pax

  [paks, pahks]
–noun
the Roman goddess of peace.

PAX

 
private automatic exchange.

kiss of peace

 
–noun
1. (in certain Christian churches) a ceremonial greeting or embrace given as a token of Christian love and unity.
2. a ceremonial kiss formerly given, esp. at a baptism or Eucharistic service, as a token of Christian love and unity.
Also called pax.

Origin:
1895–1900
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pax   (pāks)   
n.  

  1. Ecclesiastical

    1. A small flat tablet adorned with a sacred image that worshipers kiss when offered the kiss of peace.

    2. The kiss of peace.

  2. Pax A time of wide-ranging stability when there is only a single dominant power. Used with a Latinized name: "Editorials lauding the civilizing influence of Pax Britannica were met with ... a crushing disinterest from most of the public" (Nisid Hajari).


[Medieval Latin pāx, from Latin, peace; see pag- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, on the model of Late Latin pāx (Rōmāna), the Roman peace, state of security obtaining under Roman rule, alteration of Latin (Rōmāna) pāx.]
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Pax

in Roman religion, personification of peace, probably recognized as a deity for the first time by the emperor Augustus, in whose reign much was made of the establishment of political calm. An altar of Pax Augusta (the Ara Pacis) was dedicated in 9 BC and a great temple of Pax completed by the emperor Vespasian in AD 75.

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