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noun
The lower division of the liberal arts in a medieval university; grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: education
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noun
The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Singular of trivia; anything of little importance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, rare, singular
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noun
(Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
History
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin trivium.
