Editing Pyx (section)

{{Short description|Small round lidded box}}
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[[File:Italian - Pyx with Arabesques in Quatrofoil Frames - Walters 71314 - View A.jpg|thumb|''Pyx with Arabesques in Quatrofoil Frames'', c. 13th century]]

A '''pyx''' or '''pix''' ({{langx|la|pyxis}}, transliteration of [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''πυξίς'', boxwood receptacle, from ''πύξος'', box tree) is a small round container used in the [[Catholic]], [[Old Catholic]], [[Lutheran]] and [[Anglican]] Churches to carry the [[Eucharist]], to the sick or those who are otherwise unable to come to a church in order to receive [[Holy Communion]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maxwell |first1=Lee A. |title=The Altar Guild Manual - Lutheran Service Book Edition |date=2007 |publisher=Concordia Publishing House |page=89}}</ref> The term can also be 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.