quadrivial

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quadrivial - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quadrivial \Quad*riv"i*al\, a. [L. quadrivium a place where four
     ways meet; quattuor four + via way.]
     Having four ways meeting in a point. --B. Jonson.
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  Quadrivial \Quad*riv"i*al\, n.
     One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
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