ash pyxes

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Scope note
Containers or dishes for holding the ashes used for Ash Wednesday rites or similar Christian rituals. The ashes usually comprise burnt palm fronds that had been blessed at Palm Sunday of the previous year, to be sprinkled or annointed on the forehead of participants.
ash pyxes
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024