harmonistic

[ hahr-muh-nis-tik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
2. pertaining to the collation and harmonizing of parallel passages, as of the Gospels.

Other Words From

• harmo·nisti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of harmonistic¹

First recorded in 1855–60; harmon(y) + -istic

Example Sentences

The most important of these, viz. the harmonistic additions to ch. xxxiv., by means of which J’s version of the covenant was represented as a renewal of the Decalogue, has already been discussed; other passages which show traces of similar revision are xxiv. 12-15a, 18b, and xxxiv. 1-6.

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New Interpolations, on the other hand, are abundant, most of them being due to harmonistic or other assimilation, fortunately capricious and incomplete.

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For no other reason but because א b c l, with some Latin authorities, omit the clause;—and our Revisionists do the like, on the plea that they have only been getting rid of a “harmonistic insertion.”

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The Combination of Luke and John We now have to deal with the most perplexing question in harmonistic study, the proper disposal of the mass of material furnished by Luke in 9:51-18:14.

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As we shall see, the conception of the Ba fits but ill with that of the mummy, and the harmonistic efforts of a later date were unable altogether to hide the inner contradiction that existed between them.

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