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pyx

  [piks]
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–noun
1. Ecclesiastical.
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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME pyxe < L pyxis < Gk pyxís a box, orig. made of boxwood
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Communion Pyx
Several Sizes and Prices. The Catholic Books & Gifts Leader.
www.CatholicCompany.com
Handcrafted Pyx
Exquisite religious goods: pyxes, patens, chalices, cibora and more.
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Word Origin & History

pyx 
c.1400, "a box," esp. the vessel in which the host or consecrated bread is preserved, from L. pyxis, from Gk. pyxis "box," from pyxos "box-tree," of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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