pax

7 definitions found

pax - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pax \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.
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     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors.
                                                    --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. 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]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

pax - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pax
      n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian
           love for those assisting at the Eucharist [syn: pax,
           kiss of peace]

pax - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  PAX
         Pixel Addressing eXtensions (Intel, RISC, CPU)
         

  PAX
         Portable Archive eXchange (SCO, Unix)
         

  PAX
         Private Automatic eXchange
         

pax - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Pax, WV (town, FIPS 62356)
    Location: 37.90961 N, 81.26388 W
    Population (1990): 167 (84 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

pax - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "pax":
     Agnus Dei, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, accord,
     agape, 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 water,
     holy-water sprinkler, 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, prayer shawl,
     prayer wheel, processional, pyx, reciting the rosary, relics, rood,
     rosary, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, shofar, sukkah,
     tabernacle, tallith, telling of beads, the confessional,
     the confessionary, thurible, urceole, veronica, vigil light,
     votive candle