quadrivium

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.

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

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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

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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