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diptych
[ dip-tik ]
noun
- a hinged two-leaved tablet used in ancient times for writing on with a stylus.
- Usually 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.
- a pair of pictures or carvings on two panels, usually hinged together.
diptych
/ ˈdɪptɪk /
noun
- a pair of hinged wooden tablets with waxed surfaces for writing
- a painting or carving on two panels, usually hinged like a book
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Example Sentences
The gold of The Wilton Diptych is actual gold leaf, applied right on the painting.
Then he paired the pictures of past and present in diptych form.
"Quickening" introduces the second room of the exhibit and features a diptych of pregnant women, their faces also ravaged by time.
In the diptych, although the portrait of Richard himself was a likeness, the setting was imaginary and symbolic.
Parphenas went down to the church, which was lighted by a single lamp, placed before the old ivory-carved diptych.
The illustration given here is from the diptych of the Consul Areobrudus, and belongs to the year 506 (Fig. 73).
A diptych which belongs to the same shrine may also be mentioned.
By various councils it was ordained that the name of the pope should always be inserted in the diptych list.
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