word of the day: triptych

triptych, noun.

A painting or carving on three adjacent panels, esp, such a representation of a religious subject often used as an altarpeice;\

a writing tablet, used in ancient times, having three hinged or folding leaves.

From the Greek, tri + ptyche.

 

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