QUINTESSENCE in a Sentence

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1. There lay the essence and quintessence of the Parisian white society.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of QUINTESSENCE
quintessence
 n.  the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
 n.  the most typical example or representative of a type
Classic Sentence:
1  There lay the essence and quintessence of the Parisian white society.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
Example Sentence:
1  In these times of strictest economy, it would perhaps be interesting to go deeper into the ways of those untiring thrifty ants who seem to know how "To cut a centime in four" and extract the quintessence from a bone.