About The Word Pax
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Pax
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What's The Definition Of Pax?
[n] (Roman Catholic) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pax: kiss of peace Related Terms | Find terms related to Pax: accord | agape | Agnus Dei | ark | asperger | asperges | aspergillum | aspersion | auricular confession | bambino | bar mitzvah | bas mitzvah | beadroll | beads | candle | celebration | censer | cessation of combat | chaplet | ciborium | circumcision | confession | confirmation | cross | crucifix | cruet | eucharistial | exemption from hostilities | freedom from war | harmony | high celebration | holy cross | Holy Grail | holy water | holy-water sprinkler | Host | icon | incense | incensory | invocation | invocation of saints | kiss of peace | lesser litany | liberty in tranquillity | litany | love feast | lustration | matzo | menorah | mezuzah | mikvah | monstrance | osculatory | ostensorium | paschal candle | peace | peacetime | phylacteries | Pieta | prayer shawl | prayer wheel | processional | pyx | reciting the rosary | relics | rood | rosary | sacramental | sacred relics | sacring bell | Sanctus bell | Sangraal | shofar | sukkah | tabernacle | tallith | telling of beads | the confessional | the confessionary | thurible | urceole | veronica | vigil light | votive candle See Also | greeting | salutation Pax In Webster's Dictionary \Pax\, n.
Friendship, or a friend; -- esp. in the phrases to make pax
with, to make friends with, to be good pax, to be good
friends; also, truce; -- used esp. interjectionally. [Eng.
Schoolboy Slang]
\Pax\, n. [L. pax peace. See {Peace}.] 1. (Eccl.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches. 2. (R. C. Ch.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in medi[ae]val times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc. Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors. --Chapman. |
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