Pyx
WordNet
noun
(1) Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
(2) A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, from late .
Noun
- the small container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist
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- 1922: And at the same instant perhaps a priest round the corner is elevating it. Dringdring! And two streets off another locking it into a pyx. Dringadring! And in a ladychapel another taking housel all to his own cheek. Dringdring! — James Joyce, Ulysses
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