diptych.

An artwork or writing tablet consisting of two connected panels or leaves.

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Words that belong together

• painted diptych
• hinged diptych

On the page

The diptych paired a pale face with a storm-dark landscape.

A wax trace remained inside the old writing diptych.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular diptych; plural diptychs. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.