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 Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

Our eternal life remains "perpetuo in divina essentia sine discretione," but continually flows out "per æternam Verbi generationem."

From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph

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

Unde essentia angeli non est ejus potentia intellectiva, nec alicujus creati essentia est ejus operativa potentia.”—ibid., q.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter