PYX


Meaning of PYX in English

n. (also pix)

1. Eccl. the vessel in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept.

2 (in the UK) a box at the Royal Mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually.

Etymology: ME f. L (as PYXIS)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.