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.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее ящик или контейнер для хранения монет с монетного двора, ожидающих анализа, или любой контейнер для хранения евхаристических облаток.

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.

   🇷🇺Ящик для монет

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.

   🇷🇺Дароносица

   Синонимы: pyx

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