Cryptic crossword clue
Decrease tatty edges on church’s pair of pictures 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DIPTYCH

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What does DIPTYCH mean?

DIPTYCH noun
  1. A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
  2. A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
  3. A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church.
  4. A catalogue of saints.
  5. Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence transferred to a list of magistrates

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