sapiential

[ sey-pee-en-shuhl ]

adjective

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

sapiential

/ ˌsæpɪ-; ˌseɪpɪˈɛnʃəl /

adjective

1. showing, having, or providing wisdom

Derived Forms

• ˌsapiˈentially, adverb

Other Words From

• sapi·ential·ly adverb
• unsa·pi·ential adjective
• unsa·pi·ential·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sapiential¹

1475–85; < Late Latin sapientiālis, equivalent to sapienti ( a ) wisdom ( sapient, -ia ) + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Read the Sapiential book of Solomon, and mark what he there says.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides reading or having read to him certain parts adapted to the spiritual probation he was undergoing, such as Job, the Passion of our Lord, and chapters of the sapiential books, he also took the entire Scriptures in course, going slowly through them from cover to cover and insisting on every word being read, genealogies and all.

From Project Gutenberg

And yet," he reflected, "putting this aside, the façade thus worked out fills the position in this basilica which the second of the Sapiential Books holds in the Bible.

From Project Gutenberg

"Wisdom," says that other disciple of the Sapiential philosophy, "hath mingled Her wine, she hath also prepared Herself a table."

From Project Gutenberg