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a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay

a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay

The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

Same as Pyxis.

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

In the Roman Catholic Church, the box or container in which the consecrated wafer or Host is placed.

To test the weight and fineness of, as the coin deposited in the pyx.

Box in which the consecrated host is kept.

n. [Latin, Greek] The box in which the host is kept.