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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Greek
Origin: triptychos 'having three folds', from tri- + ptyche 'fold'

triptych

 noun
     
Related topics: Painting and Drawing
trip‧tych [countable]
technicalAVP a religious picture painted on three pieces of wood that are joined together
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