di·a·tes·sa·ron (d   -t s r-n)n. The four Gospels combined into a single narrative. [Middle English, interval of a fourth, from Latin diatessar  n, made of four (ingredients), from Greek dia tessarn, out of four : dia, according to; see dia- + tessarn, genitive of tessares, four; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.] |
diatessaron [ˌdaɪəˈtɛsəˌrɒn]
n
1. (Music, other) Music (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) a conflation of the four Gospels into a single continuous narrative
[from Late Latin, from Greek dia tessarōn khordōn sumphōnia concord through four notes, from dia through + tessares four]
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