Definition of pyx

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Pyx (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

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Pyx :: Pyx (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable..
Pixie :: Pixie (n.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring..
Pyx :: Pyx (v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx..
Pyx :: Pyx (n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved..
Pyxidium :: Pyxidium (n.) The theca of mosses.
Pyxidate :: Pyxidate (a.) Having a pyxidium.
Pyxis :: Pyxis (n.) A pyxidium.
Monstrance :: Monstrance (n.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view..
Circumscissile :: Circumscissile (a.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.
Pix :: Pix (n. & v.) See Pyx.
Pyx :: Pyx (n.) Same as Pyxis.
Ampyx :: Ampyx (n.) A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair..
Ciborium :: Ciborium (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
Pyxis :: Pyxis (n.) A box; a pyx.
Pyxis :: Pyxis (n.) The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.
Pyxidium :: Pyxidium (n.) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane..
Scyphus :: Scyphus (n.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen..
Pyxle :: Pyxle (n.) Same as Pixy.
Pyxidia :: Pyxidia (pl. ) of Pyxidiu.
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