pix

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay
  2. noun any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept

Etymology

Abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety in 1916, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage.

Synonyms

pyx, pyx chest, pix chest

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