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pyx

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1. pyx - Noun

2. pyx - Verb

Meaning

The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Roberta Pyx Sutherland grew up on the west coast and studied art in Canada and England. Source: Internet

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