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The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.

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  1. n. The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
  2. n. (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy
  3. The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
  4. The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, andastronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
  5. n. (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy