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quadrivia

quadrivia is the plural of quadrivium.

Meaning of quadrivium

Noun

quadrivium (plural quadriviums or quadrivia)

  1. (historical) The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
    • As to the nature of his studies, there can be no doubt that he [Dante] went through the trivium (grammar, dialectic, rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy) of the then ordinary university course.1876, James Russell Lowell, Among My Books, Second series
    Synonyms:
    quadrium

Questions about quadrivia

What is quadrivia the plural of?
Quadrivia is the plural of quadrivium.

Words near quadrivia in the dictionary

  1. quadrivariate
  2. quadrivector
  3. quadrivectors
  4. quadrivelocities
  5. quadrivelocity
  6. quadrivia
  7. quadrivial
  8. quadrivials
  9. quadrivious
  10. quadrivirus
  11. quadriviruses

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