Dictionary: PYTH'O-NESS – PYX, or PYX'IS

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PYTH'O-NESS, n. [from L. Pytho, Gr. πυθων, a dragon or serpent.]

A sort of witch; also, the female or priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi, in Greece. – Mitford.

PY-THON'IC, a.

Pretending to foretell future events.

PYTH'ON-IST, n.

A conjurer.

PYX, or PYX'IS, n. [L. pyxsis; Gr. πυξις.]

The box in which the Romanists keep the host. – Cranmer.