LIBERAL ARTS


Meaning of LIBERAL ARTS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun plural ]

Date: 14th century

1. : the medieval studies comprising the trivium and quadrivium

2. : the studies (as language, philosophy, history, literature, abstract science) in a college or university intended to provide chiefly general knowledge and to develop the general intellectual capacities (as reason and judgment) as opposed to professional or vocational skills

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.