ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Diatessaron

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Diatessaron is a noun meaning (music, obsolete) The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.

Meaning

(music, obsolete) The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.

More Meanings

  1. (theology) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels).
  2. (obsolete) An electuary compounded of four medicines.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include diapente, semidiatessaron, disdiapason, fourth, tridiapason, diaphony.

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