pyx

A container in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.

A container in which the Eucharist is carried to the sick.

A chest in a mint in which specimen coins are placed to await assay.

To test by weight and assay, as the coins deposited in the pyx at the British mint. See trial of the pyx, above.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the vase or vessel in which the reserved eucharist is kept.

A box or chest in which specimen coins are deposited at the British mint.

Nautical, the metallic box in which the nautical compass-card is suspended.

In anatomy, the acetabulum of the hip-bone; the cotyloid cavity; the pyxis.

To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.