(UK, dated, school slang) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.
noun
(Britain, dated, school slang) Friendship; truce.
(Christianity) A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
(Christianity) A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
(Christianity) The kiss of peace.
(Singapore, by extension) A restaurant guest, when counting. Person.
(informal, usually in the plural) A passenger; passengers.
(informal, usually in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) A guest (at an event or function).
pbx
pex
pfx
pfx
noun
Abbreviation of prefix.
pix
pix
noun
(informal) plural of pic (“picture”)
(specifically) Motion pictures; movies.
Obsolete spelling of pyx
pmx
pox
pox
noun
(figurative) A curse.
A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
Syphilis.
verb
(transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
pyx
pyx
noun
(Christianity, also figurative) 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.
(by extension, rare) A (small) box; a casket, a coffret.
(chiefly Britain) 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.
(nautical, obsolete, rare) A compass used by sailors.
verb
(chiefly Britain) 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.
(figuratively) To enclose (something) in a box or other container; specifically, to place (a deceased person's body) in a coffin; to coffin, to encoffin.
