| 单词 | the seven crafts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe seven crafts b. As a count noun. A branch of learning or knowledge; a field of study or expertise; a discipline. Frequently in plural, esp. in the seven crafts: the seven subjects forming the trivium (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) and the more advanced quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy). Cf. art n.1 9. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun] craftOE lorec1290 cunning1340 facultyc1384 sciencea1387 intelligencea1393 disciplinea1398 masterya1425 learning1570 skill1570 doctrine1594 ism1680 ology1811 ography1828 sophya1843 osophy1851 society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > a department of study > arts the seven craftsOE artsc1300 liberal artsa1398 academy1586 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) 28 Nov. (2013) 220 He æt þam [men] leornode þa seofon cræftas on þam beoð gemeted ealle weoruldwysdomas. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) l. 241 Fifti scol-meistres, of alle þe creftes þet clerc ah to cunnen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4647 Þe seuen craftes all he can. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 210/1 Crafte of multyplyeing, alquenemie. < as lemmas |
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