Pax

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.

II. Pax ·add. ·noun 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.

III. Pax ·noun 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 mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, ·etc.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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