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diptych Definition


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diptych
noun
    1. A work of art, especially on a church altar, consisting of a pair of pictures painted on hinged wooden panels which can be folded together like a book. See also triptych.
Etymology: 19c: originally 17c, meaning ‘something folded': from Greek diptychos folded together.



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