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Definition of: quintessence
(kwin·tes′əns) noun
1. An extract from anything, containing in concentrated form its most essential principle.
2. The purest and most essential part, manifestation, or embodiment of anything.
3. Philos. In the doctrine of the Pythagoreans, the fifth or celestial essence, ether, above the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water. [<F <L quinta essentia fifth essence]
—quin′tes·sen′tial adjective
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