pyx.

A small container used to hold or carry the consecrated host.

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Words that belong together

• communion pyx
• a pyx for the host

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She found a small pyx wrapped in the priest’s traveling cloth.

The priest placed the host in the pyx before leaving for the sickroom.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular pyx; plural pyxes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.