trivium

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And his speeches are filled, thrillingly, with highly formal rhetoric of the sort that would be recognisable to ancient philosophers and scholars of the medieval trivium - in which rhetoric, along with grammar and logic, formed one third of an education.

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  1. noun The lower division of the seven liberal arts in medieval schools, consisting of grammar, logic, and rhetoric.

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  • Fuckin killer line-up! trivium + devildriver kickass. quit the goddamn moanin! —  Metal Hammer
  • And his speeches are filled, thrillingly, with highly formal rhetoric of the sort that would be recognisable to ancient philosophers and scholars of the medieval trivium - in which rhetoric, along with grammar and logic, formed one third of an education. —  Andrew Lark
  • One sounds like trivium even, though (i like trivium). wrote: —  All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
  • Bleeding through - beneath the grey motorhead - runaround man slayer - cult pantera - death rattle trivium - to the rats avenged sevenfold - eternal rest children of bodom - tie my rope lamb of god - contractor metalica - my apocolypse —  Metal Hammer
  • The celebrated University of Paris was the first founded, and that of Bologna was probably next in order The usual course of study in the universities was divided into what was known as the trivium and the quadrivium_. —  General History for Colleges and High Schools
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  1. Medieval Latin, from Latin, crossroads : tri-, tri- + via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin trivium, a meeting of three roads, Middle Latin the first three liberal arts (see def.), neuter of trivius, of three roads, from tres (tri-), three, + via, way, road.
 

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