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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PYX, n. [L, Gr.] The box in which the catholics keep the host.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay [syn: pyx, pix, pyx chest, pix chest]
2: any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept [syn: pyx, pix]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin pyxis, from Latin, box, from Greek, from pyxos box (shrub) Date: 15th century 1. a container for the reserved host; especially a small round metal receptacle used to carry the Eucharist to the sick 2. a box used in a mint for deposit of sample coins reserved for testing weight and fineness

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also pix) 1 Eccl. the vessel in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept. 2 (in the UK) a box at the Royal Mint in which specimen gold and silver coins are deposited to be tested annually. Etymology: ME f. L (as PYXIS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pyx Pyx, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of boxwood, fr. py`xos the box tree or boxwood. See Box a receptacle.] [Written also pix.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved. 2. 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. --Mushet. 3. (Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. --Weale. 4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis. Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx. Trial of the pyx, the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins. --Encyc. Brit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pyx Pyx, v. t. To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. [Eng.] --Mushet.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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

Airports

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Airport Code	PYX
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASW
FAA District	NONE
State	TX
State	TEXAS
County	OCHILTREE
County State	TX
City Name	PERRYTON
Full Name	PERRYTON OCHILTREE COUNTY
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"PERRYTON, TX 79070"
Elevation	2918
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	WICHITA
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	03
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	E
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	024
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	003
Based Ultralight aircraft	010
General Aviation, Local Operations	006000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	004000
Latitude	36.4129175000
Longitude	-100.7515769444
State FIPS code	48
State Postal Code	TX
Version	09