Associations to the word «Triptych»

Wiktionary

TRIPTYCH, noun. (arts) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
TRIPTYCH, noun. (philately) A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.

Dictionary definition

TRIPTYCH, noun. Art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope