sapiential

adjective

sapi·​en·​tial

: characterized by or peculiar to wisdom

the sapiential attitude … replaced the imprecatory attitude

—Joseph Frank

attributing a sapiential function to prudence

—V. J. Bourke

Word History

Etymology

Middle English sapiencial, from Late Latin sapientialis, from Latin sapientia wisdom + -alis -al

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