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pyx

small round container used in the Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican Churches to carry the consecrated host to those unable to come to a church
Class type of: sacred vessel Q736513

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
sacred vessel[1]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[2][3][4]
Native label
pyxis[5]
P14483
p/pyx[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en pix en pyx en pyxis cs pyxida es Pixide es Píxide fr pyxide id Piksis ja 聖体容器 ko 성체함 pl Puszka ru дарохранительница zh 圣饼盒
🔖 Identifiers · 19
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pyx MET sf32-100-283s2.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300083008
Biblissima authority ID
Wikidata item
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
12588a
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/pyx
FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID
95979
Freebase ID
/m/04__xx
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
pixide
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0132335
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1941448
Grove Art Online ID
T2073585
Iconclass notation
11Q71445
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Museum-digital tag ID
14111
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/943C1513-7E0D-4A37-A91C-FFC754EDEB7B
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
13141
Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID
PYX
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts ID
2691
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials ID
tgm008434
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
04036750-n

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
← Different from 2
ciborium, pyxis
Subclass of 1
sacred vessel
← FactGrid item ID 1
Khvylivka
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  1. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/pyx
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: p/pyx, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275041|batch #275041]]"
  2. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/pyx
    Biblissima authority ID → Wikidata item
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority ID: Q296308, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 17w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14483 → p/pyx
    Subclass of → sacred vessel
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: p/pyx, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260063|batch #260063]]"
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