quadrivial

quadrivial
/kwo driv"ee euhl/, adj.
1. having four ways or roads meeting in a point.
2. (of ways or roads) leading in four directions.
3. of or pertaining to the quadrivium.
[1375-1425; late ME < ML quadrivialis, equiv. to LL quadrivi(um) QUADRIVIUM + -alis -AL1]

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