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Definition of Diptych
1. Noun. A painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book).
Definition of Diptych
1. n. Anything consisting of two leaves.
Definition of Diptych
1. Noun. A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. ¹
2. Noun. (arts) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges. ¹
3. Noun. A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church. ¹
4. Noun. A catalogue of saints. ¹
5. Noun. Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence transferred to a list of magistrates ¹
6. Noun. '''a.''' a literary work consisting of two contrasting parts (as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view) "a ''diptych,'' a pastoral in which the author narrates the birth of Christ ... first as it has impressed the rich countryman Asveer, then as it has been seen by the skeptic Nicodemus" -- François Closset '''b.''' any work made up of two matching parts treating complementary or contrasting pictorial phases of one general topic "the first volume of a ''diptych'' Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert" -- F.E. Egler ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diptych
1. an ancient writing tablet [n -S]
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