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What is a diptych?

What is a diptych? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
  2. (art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
  3. A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church.
  4. A catalogue of saints.
  5. Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence transferred to a list of magistrates
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After all, a saint of old was glad that his name should be enrolled in the diptych of his Church, and remembered in her prayers.
The Pathfinders forms a diptych with The Falsifiers, but can also be read independently.
For that reason one is amused rather than taken aback by a Flemish diptych of the turn of the fifteenth century from the Catharijneconvent in Utrecht.
By various councils it was ordained that the name of the pope should always be inserted in the diptych list.
You can customize and apply from your home your own business cards in diptych format.
This diptych parodies Victorian images of young girls cuddling much-loved pets.

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