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| triv·i·um [ trívvee əm ] (plural triv·i·a [ trívvee ə ]) |
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less important liberal arts: grammar, logic, and rhetoric, three of the seven liberal arts that formed the basis of medieval university study, traditionally considered to be less important than the other four.
See also quadrivium
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| [Early 19th century. Via medieval Latin< Latin, "place where three roads cross"] |
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