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
Est seems a contraction of esset, and ens of essens: = essens, essentis, essentia.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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
Why should not have been rendered by essentia, I cannot conceive.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Since God is one and only, his essentia and his esse must be given at one stroke.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
