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di·a·tes·sa·ron [dahy-uh-tes-er-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a combining of the four Gospels of the Bible (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) into a single narrative.
2.(in ancient Greek music) the interval of a fourth.
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di·a·tes·sar·i·al [dahy-uh-te-sair-ee-uhl] Pronunciation Key adjective
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di·a·tes·sa·ron    Audio Help   (dī'ə-těs'ər-ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The four Gospels combined into a single narrative.


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

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diatessaron 
1398 as a term in music meaning "interval of a fourth;" 1803 in reference to harmonizings of the gospels, especially that of Tatian (2c.), from Gk. dia tessaron, from dia "composed of" (lit. "through") + tessaron "four."

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Diatessaron

Di`a*tes"sa*ron\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?); dia` through + ?, gen. of ? four (sc. ?.).]

1. (Anc. Mus.) The interval of a fourth.

2. (Theol.) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.

3. An electuary compounded of four medicines.

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