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triptych

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"Three-panel artwork"

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹɪp.tɪk/Part of speech nounSorted chiprttyStarts with TEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together)

Word origin

From Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, threefold”), from τρι- (tri-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).

Used in a sentence

  • Thus, with the passing years, Papa Wemba, a hardworking and introverted man, has come to embody “African pop,” forming a triptych with Youssou N’Dour and Salif Keita.
  • Witchcraft, heresy, and counterfeiting formed a triptych in popular imagination and in the law.
  • The interest here is […] to construct for heuristic purposes a triptych of different “roads to salvation” as reflected in domains of preaching of contemporary Egypt.

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