trivium
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She went on to write a PhD dissertation on the effect of formal rhetoric on Shakespeare’s language, and remained an evangelist for the use of the trivium in education.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
The three arts of the trivium relate to the mind, and the four of the quadrivium to matter.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
After completing the trivium, those who wished for higher culture studied the quadrivium.
From History of Education by Seeley, Levi
The usual course of study in the universities was divided into what was known as the trivium and the quadrivium.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness
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.
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.
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