pentaptych

[ pen-tap-tik ]

noun

1. a work of art consisting of five panels or sections.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pentaptych¹

1850–55; penta- + Greek ptychḗ a fold

Example Sentences

His masterpiece, New York Interpreted, finished in 1922, is a 22-ft. pentaptych guidebook to cosmopolitan clangor.

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