PYXES
the container in which the consecrated bread of the eucharist is kept.
(in the uk) a box at the royal mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually at the trial of the pyx by members of the goldsmiths' company.
(in the uk) a box at the royal mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually at the trial of the pyx by members of the goldsmiths' company.