protyle
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of protyle
C19: from Greek prōt- proto- + hylē substance
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The primordial substance—corresponding to the "protyle" of our Monists—is composed of Five Elements, which are mystically identified with Five Buddhas, all of whom are really but different modes of the One.
From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn
Reasoning from the recently discovered law of periodicity among the elements, he discusses the possibility of their being formed from the cooling of one primitive form of matter, which he calls protyle.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
It would reduce an organic substance to protyle instantly.
From The Doings of Raffles Haw by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sooner or later it will have dissolved into the 'formless mist' of protyle and 'the hour hand of eternity will have completed one revolution.'
From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Friedrich Engels
Mr. Crookes' researches have led the more advanced chemists to regard the atoms as compound, as a more or less complex aggregation of protyle.
From Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements by A. P. Sinnett
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