(Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
(historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
(transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
phytoid
phytoid
adj
Resembling a plant, plantlike.
pitched
pitched
adj
(not comparable) Covered in pitch.
(not comparable) Having a specified tonal range.
(of a battle, fight, etc) Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pitch
pithead
pithead
noun
The area around the top of the mineshaft of a coal mine.
pythiad
pythiad
noun
(in Ancient Greece) The interval of time between Pythian games (either four or eight years, depending on the time period).
