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

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

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 Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

Quia nulla est essentia creata quæ non egeat aliquo accidente ad consummationem suæ perfectionis.

From The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by Boudreaux, F. J.

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 Cornwallis, Caroline Frances