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
Why should not have been rendered by essentia, I cannot conceive.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
The problem of matter and form in the De ente et essentia of Thomas Aquinas. © 16Feb40; A136937.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
