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Trivium

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The three elementary subjects of literary education up to the twelfth century—Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic. (See Quadrivium.)

N.B. Theology was introduced in the twelfth century.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Tripitaka means the “triple basket,”
Triple Alliance
Tripos
Trismegistus [thrice greatest]
Tristram (Sir)
Triton
Triumph
Trivet
Trivia
Trivial
Trivium
Troehilus (The)
Troglodytes
Troilus
Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare)
Trois pour Cent
Trojan
Trojan War (The)
Trolls
Trolly
Trompée