n. A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.
n. An electuary compounded of four medicines.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The interval of a fourth.
n. A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.
n. An electuary compounded of four medicines.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In Greek and medieval music, the interval of a fourth.
n. [Gr. το\δια\τεσσ, σ1άρων (Tatian, in Eusebius).] A harmony of the four Gospels.
n. In old pharmacy, an electuary composed of four medicines: gentian, birth wort, bayberries, and myrrh.
Word Usage
"Contra popularizers and self-promoters like the the Jesus Seminar – always popular this time of year, go figure – the "early gospel" Thomas, for instance, relies upon the mid-second century harmonization, Tatian's diatessaron, of the four Gospels."