quintessences >> /kwɪnˈtɛs(ə)ns/
Definition: [noun] The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.
Example: he was the quintessence of political professionalism
Definition: [noun] A refined essence or extract of a substance.
Example: Mercury was believed to possess magical properties and some regarded it as the quintessence of the human body and of all substances.
Definition: [noun] (in classical and medieval philosophy) a fifth substance in addition to the four elements, thought to compose the heavenly bodies and to be latent in all things.
Example: Beyond the four elements, everything consisted of a fifth substance, the quintessence, which unlike them was not subject to any kind of change except locomotion, uniformly and in perfect circles.