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quadrivium
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quad·riv·i·um  (kw-drv-m)
n. pl. quad·riv·i·a (--)
The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.

[Late Latin, from Latin, place where four roads meet : quadri-, quadri- + via, road; see via.]

quadrivium [kwɒˈdrɪvɪəm]
n pl -ia [-ɪə]
(Social Science / Education) (Historical Terms) (in medieval learning) the higher division of the seven liberal arts, consisting of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music Compare trivium
[from Medieval Latin, from Latin: crossroads, meeting of four ways, from quadri- + via way]

quadrivium
in the Middle Ages, one of the two divisions of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. See also trivium.
See also: Knowledge, Learning
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quadrivium - (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy
arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
Translations
quadrivium [kwɒˈdrɪvɪəm] Ncuadrivio m


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