pyx Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
    pix; pix chest; pyx chest.
  2. noun any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
    pix.

WordNet

Pyx noun
Etymology
L. pyxis a box, Gr. a box, especially of boxwood, fr. the box tree or boxwood. See Box a receptacle.
Definitions
  1. ( R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.
  2. 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. Mushet.
  3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. Weale.
  4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis. Encyc. Brit.
Pyx transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. Eng. Mushet.

Webster 1913