Bible Dictionaries
Diptych

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.

(3):

(n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.

(4):

(n.) Anything consisting of two leaves.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Diptych'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/diptych.html. 1828.