What does quadrivial mean?
Quadrivial means Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium..
Quadrivial
/kwɒdˈɹɪvi.əl/ · noun
Meaning
Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium..
Definitions by Sense
- Any of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
- Having four ways meeting in a point.
- Relating to the quadrivium.
Example Sentences
Tryuyals, & quatryuyals, ſo ſore now they appayre That Parrot the Popagay, hath pytye to beholde How the reſt of good lernyng, is roufled vp & trold
St. Edmund was bred in this University in the Trivials and Quadrivials till he was Professor of Arts
quadrivial streets
[…] but he took the greatest interest in the Quadrivial Curriculum, that is, mathematical science, on account of its intrinsic charms and the rigour of its demonstration.
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Word Forms
- quadrivials
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Tryuyals, & quatryuyals, ſo ſore now they appayre That Parrot the Popagay, hath pytye to beholde How the reſt of good lernyng, is roufled vp & trold
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