diptych
(noun) a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
diptych (plural diptyches)
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
(arts) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
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.
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
• a. a literary work consisting of two contrasting parts (as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view)
• b. any work made up of two matching parts treating complementary or contrasting pictorial phases of one general topic
• (art): polyptych
Source: Wiktionary
Dip"tych, n. Etym: [L. diptycha, pl., fr. Gr.
1. Anything consisting of two leaves. Especially: (a) (Roman Antiq.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. (b) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.
2. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
