Definitions for pyxes
pyxes
pyx
Spelling: [piks]
IPA: /pɪks/
Pyxes is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 33 anagrams from letters in pyxes (epsxy).
Definitions for pyxes
noun
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Ecclesiastical.
the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept.
a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
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Also called pyx chest. a box or chest at a mint, in which specimen coins are deposited and reserved for trial by weight and assay.
Origin of pyxes
1350-1400; Middle English pyxe Latin pyxis Greek pyxís a box, orig. made of boxwood
Examples for pyxes
The most diligent search was made for beads and pyxes, censers and crucifixes; not a fragment of either could be discovered.