Definition of essence

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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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Privative :: Privative (n.) That of which the essence is the absence of something.
Differentia :: Differentia (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
Essence :: Essence (n.) The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like..
Spinozist :: Spinozism (n.) The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God..
Quintessence :: Quintessence (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence..
Core :: Core (n.) The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject..
Essence :: Essence (n.) A being; esp., a purely spiritual being..
Peppermint :: Peppermint (n.) A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it..
Modal :: Modal (a.) Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.
Coessential :: Coessential (a.) Partaking of the same essence.
Essence :: Essence (n.) Constituent substance.
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..
Marrow :: Marrow (n.) The essence; the best part.
Essentiate :: Essentiate (v. t.) To form or constitute the essence or being of.
Entity :: Entity (n.) A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence..
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture..
Godhead :: Godhead (n.) Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.
Inessential :: Inessential (a.) Having no essence or being.
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..
Materially :: Materially (adv.) In its essence; substantially.
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