Definition of essence

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Essence (n.) The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence..

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Hypostasis :: Hypostasis (n.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit..
Quintessential :: Quintessential (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
Virtual :: Virtual (a.) Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute..
Elixir :: Elixir (n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.
Coessentiality :: Coessentiality (n.) Participation of the same essence.
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?.
Divinity :: Divinity (a.) The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
Inessential :: Inessential (a.) Having no essence or being.
Homoousian :: Homoousian (n.) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian..
Formality :: Formality (n.) The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
Coumarin :: Coumarin (n.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially..
Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
Essence :: Essence (n.) A being; esp., a purely spiritual being..
Essenced :: Essenced (imp. & p. p.) of Essenc.
Essence :: Essence (n.) Constituent substance.
Cream :: Cream (n.) The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures..
Essentiate :: Essentiate (v. i.) To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.
Unessential :: Unessential (n.) Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion..
Essentiate :: Essentiate (v. t.) To form or constitute the essence or being of.
Essence :: Essence (n.) The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts..
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