pagoda vs pyx

pagoda

noun
  • A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India. 

  • An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden. 

  • A pagoda sleeve. 

  • A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. 

pyx

noun
  • A box used in a mint as a place to deposit sample coins intended to have the fineness of their metal and their weight tested before the coins are issued to the public. 

  • A small, usually round container used to hold the host (“consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist”), especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass. 

  • A (small) box; a casket, a coffret. 

verb
  • To enclose (something) in a box or other container; specifically, to place (a deceased person's body) in a coffin; to coffin, to encoffin. 

  • To deposit (sample coins) in a pyx; (by extension) to test (such coins) for the fineness of metal and weight before a mint issues them to the public. 

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