Definition of Quadrivium:

part of speech: noun

The four lesser arts- arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy.

Usage examples:

• When lined along all its sides with handsome buildings, the superior elevation above the level of the Lake of the more northerly quadrivium will be in its favour. Henry Scadding in "Toronto of Old".

• Huxley declared that the trivium and quadrivium the seven liberal arts studied in the mediaeval universities, probably demonstrate a clearer and more generous comprehension of what is meant by culture than the curriculum of any modern university. James J. Walsh in "Education: How Old The New".

• Pepys's form of the word is nearer quatre voies, the French equivalent of quadrivium Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke in "Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright".

• When, for instance, Giraut de Bornelli is said to have gone to " school" during the winter seasons, nothing more is meant than the pursuit of the trivium and quadrivium the seven arts, which formed the usual subjects of instruction. H.J. Chaytor in "The Troubadours".