HyperDic: quadrivium

English > 1 sense of the word quadrivium:
NOUNcognitionquadrivium(Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university / university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy
English > quadrivium: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university / university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy.
CategoryMiddle Ages, Dark AgesThe period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
Broaderhumanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, artsstudies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
Spanishquadrivium
Catalanquadrivi

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