Sapience

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sapience \Sa"pi*ence\, n. [L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See
     {Sapient}..]
     The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
     --Cowper.
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           Woman, if I might sit beside your feet,
           And glean your scattered sapience.       --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sapience
       n : ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or
           common sense and insight [syn: {wisdom}]