Macbeth Soliloquy Glossary: If it were done when 'tis done... (1.7.1-29)

ingredience (11)

1) ingredients; 2) Kittredge argues "elements composing the draught in the chalice" (20). This would be in keeping with the allusion to the goblet used in the communion service.

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