Pyx

n.	1.	(R. C. Ch.) 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.	(Naut.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.
	4.	(Anat.) Same as Pyxis. Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.) a veil of silk or lace covering the pyx. Trial of the pyx the annual testing, in the English mint, of the standard of gold and silver coins. - Encyc. Brit.
v. t.	1.	To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx.

Noun	1.	pyx - a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay Synonyms: pix, pix chest, pyx chest
	2.	pyx - any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept Synonyms: pix

chest, pix, pix chest, pyx chest