alchemies
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pluralof alchemy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
alchemynouna form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
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“Fire of Love” excavates their unique story, and the jaw-dropping footage the Kraffts left behind, in a film exploding with awe for the mysterious alchemies of love and obsession.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
It’s also a profane hymn to the specific alchemies of fire and metal, to the dark allure of forces that can destroy us no matter how hard we try to bend them to our will.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
“There are no hidden meanings or complicated alchemies that people are hiding from us.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
Equally important are good timing, dumb luck, strange alchemies.
From The Guardian ● May 3, 2013
Under the name "alchemies," Pope John, as is clear from the rest of the document, meant a particular kind of much-advertised chemical manipulations.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh