pax
intjEtymology From Middle English pax and Latin pax (“peace”). Doublet of peace. See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom.
pax
noun/pæks/
Etymology From Middle English pax and Latin pax (“peace”). Doublet of peace. See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom.
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Christianity A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
- Fortune is Bardolphs foe, and frownes on him: for he hath ſtolne a Pax, and hanged muſt a be: […] Exeter hath giuen the doome of death, for Pax of little price.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], page 80, column 2:
- to make pax with someone
- to be good pax (i.e., good friends)
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- "I say, Lu! I'm sorry I didn't believe you. I see now you were right all along. Do come out. Make it Pax."1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
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Christianity The kiss of peace.
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Christianity A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
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History, Human sciences, Sciences Any of several notable periods of peace in human history, particularly owing to unquestionable hegemony on the model of the Pax Romana.