pyx > define

noun

• A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay.
  • synonyms: pix, pyx chest, pix chest
• Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.
  • synonyms: pix

• (n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.
• (n.) The box, case, vase or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.
• (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
• (n.) Same as Pyxis.
• (v.t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.