QUADRIVIUM
quadrivium
(noun) (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quadrivium (plural quadriviums or quadrivia)
(education, historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
Coordinate terms
• trivium
Source: Wiktionary
Quad*riv"i*um, n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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