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Etymology
Latin pyxis, from late Greek ��ξι� �box�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/pɪks/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪks|-ɪks
Noun
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- the small container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist
#:*1922: And at the same instant perhaps a priest round the corner is elevating it. Dringdring! And two streets off another locking it into a pyx. Dringadring! And in a ladychapel another taking housel all to his own cheek. Dringdring! � James Joyce, Ulysses
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