From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pax \Pax\, noun [L. pax peace. See {Peace}.]
1. (Eccl.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
2. (R. C. Ch.) 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 medi[ae]val times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.
Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors. --Chapman.
3. 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. [Eng. Schoolboy Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist [syn: {kiss of peace}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "pax": Agnus Dei, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, accord, agape, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, aspersion, auricular confession, bambino, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, beadroll, beads, candle, celebration, censer, cessation of combat, chaplet, ciborium, circumcision, confession, confirmation, cross, crucifix, cruet, eucharistial, exemption from hostilities, freedom from war, harmony, high celebration, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, incense, incensory, invocation, invocation of saints, kiss of peace, lesser litany, liberty in tranquillity, litany, love feast, lustration, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal candle, peace, peacetime, phylacteries, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, processional, pyx, reciting the rosary, relics, rood, rosary, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, shofar, sukkah, tabernacle, tallith, telling of beads, the confessional, the confessionary, thurible, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votive candle
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pax, WV (town, FIPS 62356) Location: 37.90961 N, 81.26388 W Population (1990): 167 (84 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Pax, WV -- U.S. town in West Virginia Population (2000): 174 Housing Units (2000): 97 Land area (2000): 0.315477 sq. miles (0.817081 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.315477 sq. miles (0.817081 sq. km) FIPS code: 62356 Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54 Location: 37.911042 N, 81.265224 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Pax, WV Pax
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
PAX Pixel Addressing eXtensions (Intel, RISC, CPU)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
PAX Portable Archive eXchange (SCO, Unix)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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