triptych

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One of the two altar paintings known as a triptych had three panels, dates from the 17th century and could have fetched at least a million euros if auctioned, the police said.

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  1. noun A work consisting of three painted or carved panels that are hinged together.
  2. noun A hinged writing tablet consisting of three leaves, used in ancient Rome.

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  • So this triptych, these three panels, portray the timeless truth that order tends to decay. —  Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives
  • Neglected to mention that the photos in the triptych are by fabulous hoopster galpal, —  communicatrix
  • In a Martian triptych, as the satellite-borne camera approaches the faintly glowing Red Planet, an infinity of twinkling stars in the Milky Way is replaced by a huge scarlet storm system obscuring almost everything but the faint white polar caps. —  The MetroWest Daily News Homepage RSS
  • Transporter triptych is a model for the future of high-yield action franchises, while side-projects like —  PopMatters
  • One of the two altar paintings known as a triptych had three panels, dates from the 17th century and could have fetched at least a million euros if auctioned, the police said. —  EUnews
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  1. From Greek triptukhos, threefold : tri-, tri- + ptux, ptukh-, fold.

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  1. Formerly also, erroneously, triptich, triptic; also tryptychon; from Greek τρίπτυχον, neuter of τρίπτυχος, consisting of three layers, threefold, from τρεῖς (τρι-), three, + πτύξ (πτυχ-), πτυχή, a fold, from πτύσσ, σ1ειν, fold, double up.
 

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