pax

Meanings

1. 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.
2. Friendship; truce.
3. The kiss of peace.
4. A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.
5. Any of several notable periods of peace in human history, particularly owing to unquestionable hegemony on the model of the Pax Romana.

1. A cry for peace or truce in children's games.

1. A passenger; passengers.
2. A guest (at an event or function).
3. Person (A restaurant guest, when counting).

1. The goddess and personification of peace; one of the Horae, she is a daughter of Jupiter and Themis, and her sisters are Justitia (Justice) and Disciplina / Eunomia (Order of Law); her Greek counterpart is Eirene.
2. A female given name from Latin.
3. A surname from German.

1. Initialism of private automatic exchange.

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.