diatessaron

di·a·tes·sa·ron  (d-tsr-n)

n.

The four Gospels combined into a single narrative.

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[Middle English, interval of a fourth, from Latin diatessarn, made of four (ingredients), from Greek dia tessarn, out of four : dia, according to; see dia- + tessarn, genitive of tessares, four; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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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]