n. The four Gospels combined into a single narrative. [Middle English, interval of a fourth, from Latin diatessarōn, made of four, from Greek dia tessarōn, out of four : dia, according to; see DIA- + tessarōn, genitive of tessares, four; see kwetwer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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