Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quadrivium

1 sense of quadrivium

Sense 1
quadrivium -- ((Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy)
       => humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts -- (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences")