English-Thai Dictionary
pyx
N กล่อง ใส่ ตัวอย่าง เหรียญ กษาปณ์ ของ โรง กษาปณ์
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PYX
n.[L, Gr. ] The box in which the catholics keep the host.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PYX
Pyx, )n. Etym: [L. pyxis a box, Gr. Box a receptacle. ] [Written also pix. ]
1. ( R. C. Ch. )
Defn: 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. )
Defn: The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. Weale.
4. (Anat. )
Defn: Same as Pyxis. Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch. , a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx. Trial of the pyx, the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins. Encyc. Brit.
PYX
PYX Pyx, v. t.
Defn: To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. [Eng. ] Mushet.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pyx
pyx |piks pɪks | ▶noun 1 Christian Church the container 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 at the trial of the pyx. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin pyxis, from Greek puxis ‘box. ’
Oxford Dictionary
pyx
pyx |pɪks | ▶noun 1 Christian Church the container 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 at the trial of the pyx by members of the Goldsmiths' Company. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin pyxis, from Greek puxis ‘box ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pyx
pyx /pɪ́ks /名詞 C 〘カトリック 〙聖体容器 〘聖体を保存する容器; 聖体を入れて病人のところに運ぶ容器 〙.
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