essentia
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The strongest of them are called essential oils, after the medieval alchemist’s notion of quinta essentia, a fifth essence of heavenly origin — a life force — to be extracted from terrestrial materials.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
But my doubt is here:--How am I to discover what are the essentia of any Louse, whether Egyptian or not?
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
The following are extracts from the “Christianæ Religionis Institutio,” of Faustus Socinus: Q. Quid igitur de Dei natura, sive essentia, nosse omnino nos debere statuis?
From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Caroline Frances Cornwallis
Why should not have been rendered by essentia, I cannot conceive.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Est seems a contraction of esset, and ens of essens: = essens, essentis, essentia.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
