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pyx

pyx

1 9.9
A small metal container used in church to hold thin pieces of bread a priest blesses
  • noun
  • /pɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ciborio
  • After the Mass, the deacon carefully returned the pyx to the altar.

Examples

  • At Communion time, then, they could approach the sanctuary together with any Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and receive the pyx from the celebrant with the words "The Body of Christ" (or, if possible, they could be given the pyx within the normal Communion line, provided "contamination" from handling of the pyx is avoided).

    Blog text (31)

  • During the service, the priest placed the consecrated wafers into the pyx for Communion.

  • You brought the pyx, correct?

    Trinity's Triumph (2023)

  • Later, when they came back with the Eucharist in a pyx, they found her almost dead.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Around here, at least in my experience, the priest will simply give a pyx with the Host to a parishioner.

    Blog text (1)

  • Two angels surround the woman's head, one holding a pyx, who administers the Last Communion, while two devils pull at her feet (Fig. 8).

    Academic text (2003)

  • It might be best, for example, for the communicant to prepare a pyx with the low-gluten host before Mass, in order to avoid the situation of a sacristan who has handled the other hosts also handling the low-gluten ones.

    Blog text (31)

  • At Communion time, then, they could approach the sanctuary together with any Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and receive the pyx from the celebrant with the words "The Body of Christ" (or, if possible, they could be given the pyx within the normal Communion line, provided "contamination" from handling of the pyx is avoided).

    Blog text (31)

  • At Communion time, then, they could approach the sanctuary together with any Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and receive the pyx from the celebrant with the words "The Body of Christ" (or, if possible, they could be given the pyx within the normal Communion line, provided "contamination" from handling of the pyx is avoided).

    Blog text (31)

  • The church members took turns holding the pyx during the Eucharistic celebration.

Synonyms

ciborium
vspyx
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A covered container that holds the bread used for Communion

is smaller and used specifically for holding wafers rather than bread
pix
vspyx
  • UK
9.9

A small container that holds bread used in church communion

is usually made of precious metal not simply a small box

Compounds

pyx chest
  • UK
9.9

A locked box that holds newly made coins before they are checked for quality

How Decorative

ciborium
  • Specialized
1 9.9
pyx
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Surface Forms

pyx singular
pyxes plural

Etymology

Pyx comes from an old Greek word pyxis, which means 'small box'. That's why a pyx is a small metal box used in churches to keep the holy wafers.