Examples of “pyx” in a Sentence

noun In Roman Catholicism, a pyx is a small container, typically round, in which the consecrated host is kept, most often when a priest takes communion to someone housebound or too ill to attend Mass.

• The priest carried the pyx to the hospital to give communion to a dying parishioner.
• A silver pyx sat on the altar during the service.
• She kept the pyx locked in a cabinet in the sacristy.

noun In British minting, a pyx is a box used to hold sample coins that are set aside to have their metal purity and weight tested before the coins go into circulation.

• Sample coins from the year's production were sealed in the pyx.
• Officials opened the pyx as part of the annual trial.
• The pyx held coins chosen at random from each batch struck at the mint.