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View synonyms for philosophers' stone
philosophers' stone
or philosopher's stone
noun
, Alchemy.
- a substance sought by alchemists that would be capable of transmuting baser metals into gold or silver and of prolonging life.
philosopher's stone
noun
- a stone or substance thought by alchemists to be capable of transmuting base metals into gold
philosopher's stone
- The stone or material that practitioners of alchemy believed capable of changing other metals into gold.
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Notes
Figuratively, the “philosopher's stone” is a substance thought to be capable of regenerating man spiritually.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of philosophers' stone1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences
It was only natural in that century that he should turn his thoughts toward alchemy and the philosophers stone.
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And though a man be poor, yet may he very well attain unto it, and may be employed to make the Philosophers Stone.
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Secondly, of the Philosophers Stone, what is meant by it, and whether by means thereof true Gold can be produced?
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Fourthly, what the celebrated Philosophers Stone was among the Ancients, and what they understood by the same?
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A rich and well-stored mind is the only true philosophers stone, extracting pure gold from all the base material around.
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