quadrivium

[ kwo-driv-ee-uhm ]

/ kwɒˈdrɪv i əm /

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noun, plural quad·riv·i·a

[kwo-driv-ee-uh]. /kwɒˈdrɪv i ə/.

(during the Middle Ages) the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.

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Origin of quadrivium

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

Words nearby quadrivium

quadrireme, quadrisect, quadrisyllable, quadrivalent, quadrivial, quadrivium, quadrominium, quadroon, quadrophonics, quadru-, quadrumane

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How to use quadrivium in a sentence

These subjects were the Trivium, and the more advanced Quadrivium.
Education in England in the Middle Ages|Albert William Parry
After completing the trivium, those who wished for higher culture studied the quadrivium.
History of Education|Levi Seeley
Among the old Romans, a trivium meant a place where three ways met, and a quadrivium where four, or what we now call a cross-road.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry|Albert G. Mackey
Likewise arithmetic and the rest of the quadrivium have place in the clerics education.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

Passing to the Quadrivium, we find that Fulbert had studied its four branches under Gerbert.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for quadrivium

quadrivium

/ (kwɒˈdrɪvɪəm) /

noun plural -ia (-ɪə)

(in medieval learning) the higher division of the seven liberal arts, consisting of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and musicCompare trivium

Word Origin for quadrivium

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

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