Pax (liturgy), a salutation in Catholic and Lutheran religious services
Pax (liturgical object), an object formerly kissed as a substitute for the Kiss of Peace in the Catholic Mass
Entertainment
Pax (1994 film), a Portuguese comedy
Pax (2011 film), a Norwegian-Swedish drama
PAX (event), or Penny Arcade Expo, a gaming convention
Pax (novel), by Sara Pennypacker
Pax, a fictional organization in Strange New World and elsewhere by Gene Roddenberry
PAX, a side project of the German band X Marks the Pedwalk
Pax (album) by Andrew Hill
Pax TV, which became Ion Television in 2007
Organizations
Pax Christi International, an international Catholic peace movement
PAX Association, in Poland
Pax Forlag, a Norwegian publishing house
PAX Network, a US television network now known as ION Television
Pax World Funds, a US mutual fund company
Pax Labs, a US manufacturer of vaporizers and the Juul electronic cigarette
Pax, a Russian manufacturer of Ferris wheels and other amusement rides
Pax Dei: the European Middle Ages Peace and Truce of God movement, an early movement toward addressing and reducing war crimes
Science and technology
pax (command), a command line program to read and write file archives
PaX, a Linux kernel security patch introduced in 2000
Pax genes, a group of genes and their proteins
Michelin PAX System, an automotive run-flat tire system
Pax, a generic brand of diazepam available in South Africa
Pax (spider), a genus of ant spiders
auxiliary unit of measurement for the number of passengers in public transportation, shipping and aviation, for guests in the hotel industry and for visitors to events
People
Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858–1942), German botanist
Ferdinand Albert Pax (1884–1964), German zoologist, son of the previous
Other uses
679 Pax, a minor planet orbiting the Sun
Winter Storm Pax, a 2014 storm in the US
Name of one of the months of the ancient Maya calendar
See also
List of periods of regional peace, enforced by a dominant power:
Pax Americana, 1945 onward
Pax Assyriaca, Assyrian Empire, 7th century BCE
Pax Britannica, 1815–1914
Pax Europaea, European Union, 1945–2022
Pax Hispanica, Spanish Empire, 1598–1621
Pax Mongolica, Mongol Empire, 13th & 14th centuries
Pax Romana, Roman Empire, 1st & 2nd centuries
Pax Sinica, China, much of the 1st millennium
Pax Ottomana, Ottoman Empire, 1299–1699
Pax Hill, a house in England
Pax Pamir, a board game set in 19th century Afghanistan