QUADRIVIUM


Meaning of QUADRIVIUM in English

/kwo driv"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. quadrivia /kwo driv"ee euh/ .

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

[ 1795-1805; quadrivium place where four ways meet; see QUADRI-, VIA, -IUM ]

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