pix

A noun referring to a chest or receptacle used for holding coins from the mint awaiting assay, or any container used for storing Eucharistic wafers.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Behälter für die Aufbewahrung von Münzen aus einer Münzanstalt bezeichnet, die noch geprüft werden müssen, oder allgemein einen Behälter zur Aufbewahrung von Hostien.

1. Mint chest C2 formal british

   A chest or box in which newly minted coins are placed to await official testing and verification.

   • The coins were placed in the pix for assay.
   • The mint master sealed the pix after the coins were deposited.
   • The pix was opened only in the presence of the assay master.

   🇩🇪Münzkasten

2. Eucharistic receptacle C2 formal

   A container, often made of precious metal, used to hold the consecrated wafers (the Eucharist) in Christian liturgy.

   • The priest placed the host in the pix after the service.
   • The silver pix was kept on the altar.
   • The pix was carefully cleaned and stored in the sacristy.

   🇩🇪Pyxis

   Synonyme: pyx

• pixes plural form
• pixes' possessive plural form
• pix's possessive singular form