英语词汇“pyxides”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

pyxides

释义

pyx or pix /piks/

noun

A box
A vessel in which the host is kept after consecration, now usu that in which it is carried to the sick (RC)
A box at the Mint in which sample coins are kept for testing

transitive verb

To test the weight and fineness of eg the coins deposited in the pyx

ORIGIN: L pyxis a box, from Gr pyxis, -idos, and dimin pyxidion, from pyxos box-tree

pyxidˈium noun (pl pyxidˈia) (botany)

A capsule that opens by a transverse circular split

pyxˈis noun (pl pyxˈides /-id-ēz/)

A little box or casket for jewels, drugs, toilet materials, etc

trial of the pyx

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