Meaning of SAPIENCE
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| | Definition: | | [n] ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight |
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| | Synonyms: | | wisdom |
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| | See Also: | | astuteness, depth, discernment, judgement, judgment, know-how, profoundness, profundity, sagaciousness, sagacity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sa"pi*ence\, n. [L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See
{Sapient}..]
The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
--Cowper.
Woman, if I might sit beside your feet, And glean your
scattered sapience. --Tennyson.
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