a pyx is a form of:

Pyx



Same as: pyxis
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
3.
The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.