Diptycha
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Diptychs; tablets of wood, metal, or other substance, used among the Romans for the purpose of writing, and folded like a book of two leaves. The diptychs of antiquity were especially employed for public registers. They were used in the Greek, and afterwards in the Roman, church, as registers of the names of those for whom supplication was to be made, and are ranked among the earliest monastic records. Hubback, Ev. Success. • 567; Enc. Am. See Calv. Lex.; Brissonius.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Diptychs; tablets of wood, metal, or other substance, used among the Romans tor the purpose of writing, and folded like a book of two leaves. The diptychs of antiquity were especially employed for public registers. They were used in the Greek, and afterwards in the Roman, church, as registers of the names of those fer whom supplication was to be made, and are ranked among the earliest monastic records. Burrill.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [Gr. diptycha, two leaved.] Diptychs; tablets of wood, metal or other substance, used among the Romans for the purpose of writing, and folded like a book of two leaves. The diptychs of antiquity were especially employed for public registers. They were used in the Greek, and afterwards in the Roman church, as registers of the names of those for whom supplication was to be made, and are ranked among the earliest monastic records. Hubback's Evid. of Succession, 567. Encyclop. Amer.