pyx

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pyx noun

A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass.
A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.
The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
Pyxis.

pyx verb

To test (sample coins) for the weight and fineness of metal before they are sent from the mint.

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