Definition of Sapiential

1. Adjective. Characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God. "A sapiential government"

Similar to: Wise

Definition of Sapiential

1. a. Having or affording wisdom.

Definition of Sapiential

1. Adjective. containing or conferring wisdom (especially religious wisdom) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapiential

saphenous veins
saphie
saphies
saphænous
sapid
sapidities
sapidity
sapidness
sapience
sapiences
sapiencies
sapiency
sapienization
sapiens
sapient
sapiential (current term)
sapiential book
sapientially
sapientious
sapientize
sapiently
sapients
sapindaceous
sapindus
sapless
saplessness
saplessnesses
saplike
sapling
saplings

Literary usage of Sapiential

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"So clearly do these sapiential Books describe uncreated Wisdom as a Divine ... It is to be noted that in the prc-sapiential books of the Old Testament, ..."

2. A Saint Or a Brute: The Certain Necessity and Excellency of Holiness, &c. by Richard Baxter (1662)
"He that is all for Operations of Power, as excluding sapiential Government by Laws, ... by a Gracious Attraction and sapiential Conduct, agreeable to the ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"So clearly do these sapiential Books describe uncreated Wisdom as a Divine ... It is to be noted that in the prc-sapiential books of the Old Testament, ..."

4. A Saint Or a Brute: The Certain Necessity and Excellency of Holiness, &c. by Richard Baxter (1662)
"He that is all for Operations of Power, as excluding sapiential Government by Laws, ... by a Gracious Attraction and sapiential Conduct, agreeable to the ..."

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