pax

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[paks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a call for a truce, used especially by schoolchildren when playing
(e.g: Pax! No offence meant, honest old chum)

- (in the Christian Church) the kissing by all the participants at a mass of a tablet depicting the Crucifixion or other sacred object; the kiss of peace


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Origin:
Latin, literally ‘peace’


[paks], (Noun)

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- (chiefly in commercial use) a person or persons
(e.g: the buffet costs $53 per pax)


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Origin:
1970s: apparently an alteration of pass- (from passenger)


[paks], (Noun)

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- the goddess of peace


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