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 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Haec autem reluctantia subjectiva mentitur, ut plurimum, repugnantiam aliquam objectivam, et incautos facile fallit, limitibus, quibus mens humana circumscribitur, pro iis habitis, quibus ipsa rerum essentia continetur.
From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
R. De Christi essentia ita statuo, illum esse hominem.
From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Cornwallis, Caroline Frances
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