Pyx

[pɪks]

解释:

(noun.) any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.

(noun.) a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay.

手打:奈杰尔--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.

(n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.

(n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

(n.) Same as Pyxis.

(v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.

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同义词及近义词：

n. Box (especially that in which the host is kept), tabernacle.

整理:弗娜

解释:

n. (R.C.) the sacred box in which the host is kept after consecration: the box at the British Mint containing sample coins.—v.t. to test the weight and fineness of as the coin deposited in the pyx.—Trial of the pyx final trial by weight and assay of the gold and silver coins of the United Kingdom prior to their issue from the Mint.

校对:洛丽塔