quadrivium

[ kwo-driv-ee-uhm ]
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noun,plural quad·riv·i·a [kwo-driv-ee-uh]. /kwɒˈdrɪv i ə/.
  1. (during the Middle Ages) the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.

Origin of quadrivium

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1795–1805; <Late Latin, special use of Latin quadrivium place where four ways meet; see quadri-, via, -ium

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British Dictionary definitions for quadrivium

quadrivium

/ (kwɒˈdrɪvɪəm) /


nounplural -ia (-ɪə)
  1. (in medieval learning) the higher division of the seven liberal arts, consisting of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music: Compare trivium

Origin of quadrivium

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from Medieval Latin, from Latin: crossroads, meeting of four ways, from quadri- + via way

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