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sapiential

[sey-pee-en-shuh l]
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adjective

containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.

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Nearby words

  1. saphenous vein,
  2. sapid,
  3. sapience,
  4. sapiens,
  5. sapient,
  6. sapiently,
  7. sapindaceous,
  8. sapiosexual,
  9. sapir,
  10. sapir, edward

Origin of sapiential

1475–85; < Late Latin sapientiālis, equivalent to sapienti(a) wisdom (see sapient, -ia) + -ālis -al1
Related formssa·pi·en·tial·ly, adverbun·sa·pi·en·tial, adjectiveun·sa·pi·en·tial·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for sapiential

  • The "sapiential literature" of the Old Testament was the least specifically Israelite.

    The Expositor's Bible:|Alfred Plummer
British Dictionary definitions for sapiential

sapiential

adjective

showing, having, or providing wisdom
Derived Formssapientially, adverb
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