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TRIVIUM
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Irregular inflected form: trivia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("trivium" is a kind of...):
arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))
Domain category:
Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)
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