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quad·riv·i·um 
[kwo-driv-ee-uhm] Pronunciation Key
[kwo-driv-ee-uhm] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural quad·riv·i·a
[kwo-driv-ee-uh] Pronunciation Key.
[kwo-driv-ee-uh] Pronunciation Key. | (during the Middle Ages) the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. |
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| quad·riv·i·um
(kwŏ-drĭv'ē-əm) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. quad·riv·i·a (-ē-ə) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music. [Late Latin, from Latin, place where four roads meet : quadri-, quadri- + via, road; see via.] |
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| quadrivium | |
noun | |
| (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy |
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Quadrivium
Quad*riv"i*um\, n. [L.] The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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