- (n.) Friendship or a friend; -- especially in the phrases to make pax with, to make friends with, to be good pax, to be good friends; also, truce; -- used especially interjectionally.
- (n.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
- (n.) 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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