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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dip•tych /ˈdɪptɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Fine Arta pair of pictures on two panels, usually hinged together.
Compare triptych. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dip•tych (dip′tik),USA pronunciation n. - Antiquitya hinged two-leaved tablet used in ancient times for writing on with a stylus.
- ReligionUsually, diptychs.
- a similar tablet of wood or metal containing on one leaf the names of those among the living, and on the other those among the dead, for whom prayers and Masses are said.
- the lists of such persons.
- the intercession in the course of which these names were introduced.
- Fine Arta pair of pictures or carvings on two panels, usually hinged together.
- Greek díptycha, neuter plural of díptychos folded together, equivalent. to di- di-1 + -ptychos, verbid of ptýssein to fold
- Late Latin diptycha writing tablet with two leaves
- 1615–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: diptych /ˈdɪptɪk/ n - a pair of hinged wooden tablets with waxed surfaces for writing
- a painting or carving on two panels, usually hinged like a book
Etymology: 17th Century: from Greek diptukhos folded together, from di1 + ptukhos fold; compare triptych |