Wisdom (Wis"dom) (-ducr/m), n.
[AS. wi¯sdo¯m. See Wise, a., and -dom.]
1. The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity. "We speak also not in wise words of man's wisdom, but in the doctrine of the spirit." Wyclif (1 Cor. ii. 13). " Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding." Job xxviii. 28. "It is hoped that our rulers will act with dignity and wisdom that they will yield everything to reason, and refuse everything to force." Ames. "Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom." Coleridge.
2. The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition. "Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds." Acts vii. 22.
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