Diptych

Definition:

  • (n.) Anything consisting of two leaves.
  • (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
  • (n.) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.
  • (n.) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints.

Compare diptych with other words:

diptych vs. triptych

diptych vs. saint

church vs. diptych

benefactor vs. diptych

diptych vs. ecclesiastic

deceased vs. diptych

catalogue vs. diptych

diptych vs. double

diptych vs. picture

diptych vs. hinge

diptych vs. leave

diptych vs. tablet

diptych vs. writing