In various specific contexts. The box in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept. Cf. pyx, n.1 1. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > pyx > [noun] (13) boxc1325 In various specific contexts. The box in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept. Cf. pyx, n.1 1. Obsolete. pyx?a1425 Christian Church. The vessel or box in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept. Also figurative. sacrament-boxc1440 a pyx. custode1510 A vessel in which a sacred object is kept or carried; (Christian Church) a vessel or box used for holding or carrying the consecrated bread of the… Eucharist1535 The box or closed vessel containing the consecrated bread; the pyx. Obsolete. pyxis1536 = pyx, n.1 1. Now rare except as a contextual use of sense 2b. little Jack1566 the pyx (sometimes in the form of a human figure) in which the reserved Host was enclosed in the sepulchre during part of Easter week; (also) the… altar pyx1605 a box in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept on the altar (cf. pyx, n.1 1). chrismal1845 In various senses of medieval Latin chrismāle, as the chrisom-cloth, the vessel or flask for holding the chrism, a cloth for covering relics, the… Eucharistial1845 A vessel intended to hold the bread consecrated for use at the Eucharist. custodial1861 A vessel in which a sacred object is kept or carried; (Christian Church) a vessel or box used for holding or carrying the consecrated bread of the… Subcategories:— receptacle for (2) |
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