- Ecclesiastical.
- the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept.
- a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- a box or chest at a mint, in which specimen coins are deposited and reserved for trial by weight and assay.
- the chest in which coins from the British mint are placed to be tested for weight, etc
- any receptacle in which the Eucharistic Host is kept
