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| dip·tych [ díptik ] (plural dip·tychs) |
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1. paired paintings: a pair of paintings, especially religious paintings on two hinged panels
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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
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| [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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