pyxis
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈpiksɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (Roman Catholicism) A small box for storing consecrated hosts, e.g. in a tabernacle or for travel when tending to the sick.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pyxis (small box, medicine box, small box for medicines toiletries, little box) derived from Ancient Greek πυξίς (box, box tablet made of boxwood, cylinder).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πυξίς
Gloss
box, box tablet made of boxwood, cylinder
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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