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 Übersetzung für 'pyx' von Englisch nach Deutsch
NOUN   a pyx | pyxes
SYNO pix | pix chest | pyx | ...
relig.
pyx
Hostienkelch {m}
7
relig.
pyx
Pyxis {f}
relig.
pyx
Hostiendose {f}
relig.
pyx [for sick communion]
Bursa {f} [für Krankenkommunion]
astron.
Pyxis <Pyx> [constellation]
Schiffskompass {m} [Sternbild]
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • The term "pyx" refers to the boxwood chest (in Greek, πυξίς, "pyxis") in which coins were placed for presentation to the jury.
  • The term is also used in New Zealand churches for the pyx, a container housing the reserved sacrament.
  • ... "Pygmaioi", from the adjective πυγμαῖος, from the noun πυγμή "pygmē" "fist, boxing, distance from elbow to knuckles," from the adverb πύξ "pyx" "with the fist") were a tribe of diminutive humans in Greek mythology.
  • As mentioned above, Anglo-Catholic parishes believing in the corporeal presence of the blessed sacrament make use of a tabernacle or hanging pyx, with which is associated various acts of reverence and adoration.
  • Recently the shell-shaped pyx equipped with hinge and ring and decorated on the outside with an octopus has been attributed rather to Alexandrian-inspired artists of the 3rd century BC.

  • When bringing Communion to the homebound or sick, a small to medium-sized receptacle called a pyx is used by lay ministers, deacons and priests.
  • A golden pyx rests on the windowsill, a reference to the Eucharist, which reveals the meaning of Christ's sacrifice.
  • Among the church vessels acquired during the 16th century is a pyx from 1576 and a holy chalice from 1578.
  • They paused for a moment of reflection and then received consecrated communion wafers brought aboard in a golden pyx.
  • Much church plate, such as the chalice and pyx had been confiscated, sold or stolen in the heat of the Reformation.

  • Boxing ("pygme", "pyx"), wrestling ("pale") and pankration were represented in the Ancient Olympic Games.
  • In the Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches, the "pyx (" [...]) is the small "church tabernacle" which holds the Lamb (Host) that is reserved for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts during Great Lent.
  • The lunette resembles another liturgical object, the pyx or carrying case, but their functions are distinct; the pyx serves to transport the Host outside the church in order to take communion to an alternate venue, while the lunette remains within the church and serves to display the Host to onlookers.
  • 'pyx; bomb' vessel composed of two roughly hemispherical crucible-like bowls with flanges placed mouth to mouth.
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