Pax Definition

păks
noun
A small flat tablet adorned with a sacred image that worshipers kiss when offered the kiss of peace.
American Heritage
The Roman goddess of peace, identified with the Greek Irene.
Webster's New World
The kiss of peace.
American Heritage

Sign of peace.

Webster's New World
A time of wide-ranging stability when there is only a single dominant power. Used with a Latinized name.
American Heritage
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pronoun

(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of peace and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Justitia and Eunomia. She is the Roman counterpart of Eirene.

Wiktionary
Latin name given to several peacetimes in human history.
Wiktionary
interjection

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

Wiktionary

Origin of Pax

  • Medieval Latin pāx from Latin peace pag- in Indo-European roots Sense 2, on the model of Late Latin pāx (Rōmāna) the Roman peace, state of security obtaining under Roman rule alteration of Latin (Rōmāna) pāx

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pax peace. See peace.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin pax.

    From Wiktionary

Pax Sentence Examples

  • The ancient ritual of the Pax has become almost obsolete.

  • Under the Pax Romana the Cretan cities again enjoyed a large measure of prosperity, illustrated by numerous edifices still existing at the time of the Venetian occupation.

  • Ii have given rise to a new name for the peace, the pax Dei, or peace of God.

  • When the treuga Dei reached its most extended form, scarcely one-fourth of the year remained for fighting, and even then the older canons relating to the pax ecclesiae remained in force.

  • If file is not specified, pax reads one file for one line from standard input.

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