panharmonicadj.
/ˌpanhɑːˈmɒnɪk/, U.S. /ˌpænˌ(h)ɑrˈmɑnɪk/ rare.
1. Universally harmonic; harmonizing in all respects, or with all things.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > in universal harmony
panharmonic1847
1847 C. W. Buch tr. K. R. Hagenbach Compend. Hist. Doctr. II. ii. §289. 409 Germar made use of the panharmonic, Olshausen and Stier of the allegorical mode of interpretation.
1886 F. W. Farrar Hist. Interpr. iv. 236 St. Augustine..laid down the rule that the Bible must be interpreted with reference to Church Orthodoxy, and that no Scriptural expression can be out of accordance with any other. He therefore..demanded that all interpretation should be panharmonic.
2. Music. Adapted to all harmonies or modes.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > style by mode
trimelic1850
panharmonic1871
polymodal1929
neo-modal1934
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 225 If only Dorian and Phrygian harmonies are used in our songs and melodies, we shall not want multiplicity of notes or a panharmonic scale [Gk. παναρμονίου].
1934 Philos. Rev. 43 284 The mixed or panharmonic style in music which allowed many complex changes of effect and relation.
1998 W. D. Bowman Philos. Perspectives on Music ii. 39 Sensuousness, panharmonic playing, and virtuosic display all conspired against that of which music at its best was capable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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