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Philosophers' stone   /fəlˈɑsəfərz stoʊn/   Listen
Philosophers' stone

noun
1.
Hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold.  Synonyms: elixir, philosopher's stone.





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... life and conduct. He is referred to in a very curious manner, and as a Rose-Croix in the Memoirs of the Chevalier de Rampsow (i.e. Rentzov). He has had adventures with the Marechal de Richelieu, great seeker of the Philosophers' Stone. He had a strange history with the Prince de Rohan Guemenee and the Chevalier de Luxembourg relating to Louis XV, whose death he foretold. He is almost inaccessible. In all the sects of savants in secret sciences he passes as a superior man. He ...
— Secret Societies And Subversive Movements • Nesta H. Webster


Words linked to "Philosophers' stone" :   philosopher's stone, elixir, substance


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