The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Essentiality \Es*sen`ti*al"i*ty\, n. The quality of being essential; the essential part. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
essentiality n 1: basic importance [syn: essentiality, essentialness] [ant: inessentiality]