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| 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. |
l] adjective di·a·tes·sa·ron  (dī'ə-těs'ər-ən) 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.] |