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In the Roman Catholic Church, the container used for the wafers of the sacrament.



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In Touraine I got nothing save a broken pate, but at Vierzon I had a great good fortune, for I had a golden pyx from the minster, for which I afterwards got nine Genoan janes from the goldsmith in the Rue Mont Olive.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
If I sell the very pyx and candlesticks on the altar at Jorvaulx, I shall scarce raise the half; and it will be necessary for that purpose that I go to Jorvaulx myself; ye may retain as borrows* my two priests.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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