pyx noun & verb. [pɪks] Also pix. LME.
[Latin pyxis from late Greek puxis BOX noun².]
A. noun.
1. Ecclesiastical. The vessel in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept. LME.

2. At the Royal Mint, the chest in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually. Esp. in trial of the pyx, the annual test of such specimen coins. L16.

3. A box; a vase. rare. E17.

4. A mariner's compass; = PYXIS noun 3. rare. L17-E18.

Comb.:
pyx-box, pyx-chest = sense 2 above; pyx-cloth: used to veil the Eucharistic pyx.
b. verb trans.
1. Ecclesiastical. Keep or put (the consecrated bread of the Eucharist) in a pyx. Long rare. M16.

2. Deposit (specimen coins) in the pyx of the Royal Mint; test (coins) by weight. M16.

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