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diptych

dip·tych [ díptik ] (plural dip·tychs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. paired paintings: a pair of paintings, especially religious paintings on two hinged panels

2. writing tablets: a pair of writing tablets joined by a hinge and having wooden backs and waxed writing surfaces, used especially in ancient Greece and Rome

[Early 17th century. Via late Latin< late Greek diptukha "pair of writing tablets," plural of diptukhos "folded in two" < ptukhē "fold"]
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