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PAX, n. [L. pax, peace.] A little image or piece of board with the image of Christ upon the cross on it, which people before the reformation,used to kiss after the service; the ceremony being considered as the kiss of peace.




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PAX, n. [L. pax, peace.] A little image or piece of board with the image of Christ upon the cross on it, which people before the reformation,used to kiss after the service; the ceremony being considered as the kiss of peace.


PAX, n. [L. pax, peace.]

A little image or piece of board with the image of Christ on it, which people before the Reformation, used to kiss after the service; the ceremony being considered as the kiss of peace. – Todd.


Pax
  1. The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
  2. 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]
  3. 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 mediæval 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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Pax

PAX, noun [Latin pax peace.] A little image or piece of board with the image of Christ upon the cross on it, which people before the reformation, used to kiss after the service; the ceremony being considered as the kiss of peace.

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1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

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