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| has gloss | (noun) any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept pyx, pix |
| has gloss | eng: :Pyx is also the abbreviation for the constellation Pyxis. A pyx or pix (, transliteration of Greek: pyxis, box-wood receptacle, from pyxos, box-tree) is a small round container used in the Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican Churches to carry the consecrated Host (i.e., the consecrated Eucharist), to the sick or invalid or those otherwise unable to come to a church in order to receive Holy Communion. The term can also used in archaeology and art history to describe small round lidded boxes designed for any purpose from antiquity or the Middle Ages, such as those used to hold coins for the Trial of the Pyx in England. |
| lexicalization | eng: pix |
| lexicalization | eng: pyx |
| subclass of | (noun) a container that is used to put or keep things in receptacle |
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| lexicalization | ces: fotky |
| lexicalization | ces: ciborium |
| lexicalization | ces: kalich na hostie |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Eine Pyxis ist ein kleiner Kelch ohne Schaft, in dem konsekrierte Hostien im Tabernakel für die Krankenkommunion oder für die Spendung der Kommunion aufbewahrt werden. Sie ist oftmals als eine kostbar verzierte, metallene, innen vergoldete Dose ausgeführt. |
| lexicalization | deu: Pyxis |
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| lexicalization | epo: hostiujo |
| Finnish | |
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| lexicalization | fin: öylättirasia |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Vase liturgique La custode est un vase liturgique ayant la forme dune petite boîte ronde en métal précieux ou doré ou émaillé, utilisée par les ministres de la communion, prêtres, diacres ou laïcs députés à cet effet, pour transporter un petit nombre dhosties consacrées, en vue de distribuer la communion en dehors de l'église (viatique, communion aux malades). |
| lexicalization | fra: custode |
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| lexicalization | fra: lunule |
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| lexicalization | hye: մասնատուփ |
| lexicalization | hye: նկար կամ նկարներ |
| Indonesian | |
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| lexicalization | ind: piala suci |
| Italian | |
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| lexicalization | ita: pisside |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: De pyxis is een rond doosje met deksel dat in de katholieke liturgie wordt gebruikt om de geconsacreerde hostie te bewaren als deze moet worden meegenomen, bijvoorbeeld bij een ziekenzalving of naar een zieke. |
| lexicalization | nld: Pyxis |
| Polish | |
| lexicalization | pol: Pyxis |
| Castilian | |
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| lexicalization | spa: píxide |
| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: Pyxis, grekiska πυξίς, är en behållare, s.k. oblatask, för det konsekrerade nattvardsbrödet. Pyxis är vanligen av silver. |
| lexicalization | swe: Pyxis |
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| lexicalization | tur: kutsal ekmak kutusu |
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| similar | e/Pyx |
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| media:img | Peristerium 0850.JPG |
| media:img | Pyx.jpg |
| media:img | Silver pyx MNMA Cl23528.jpg |
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