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quadrivium
noun as in four
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These subjects were the Trivium, and the more advanced Quadrivium.
After completing the trivium, those who wished for higher culture studied the quadrivium.
Among the old Romans, a trivium meant a place where three ways met, and a quadrivium where four, or what we now call a cross-road.
Likewise arithmetic and the rest of the quadrivium have place in the clerics education.
Passing to the Quadrivium, we find that Fulbert had studied its four branches under Gerbert.
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quadrivium, such as: quadrumvirate, quadruple, quadruplet, quadruplets, quartet, and quartette.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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