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Hypostasis

Hypostasis Meaning & Definition
Hypostasis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hypostasis?

[n] (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
[n] any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
[n] the accumulation of blood in an organ
[n] the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hypostasis: epistasis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hypostasis: abstract noun | adherent noun | air | atom | atomic particles | axiom | brute matter | building block | center | chemical element | collective noun | common noun | component | constituent | core | earth | element | elementary particle | elementary unit | elixir | essence | essential | fire | flower | focus | fundamental | fundamental particle | gerund | gist | gravamen | heart | hyle | inner essence | kernel | marrow | material | material world | materiality | matter | meat | molecule | monad | natural world | nature | nominal | noun | noun phrase | nub | nucleus | nuts and bolts | physical world | pith | plenum | postulate | principle | pronoun | proper noun | quid | quiddity | quintessence | quotation noun | sap | soul | spirit | stuff | substance | substantive | substratum | the four elements | the nitty-gritty | unit of being | water

See Also | activity | Almighty | biological process | Blessed Trinity | bodily function | bodily process | body process | center | core | Creator | Divine | essence | Father | Father-God | gist | God Almighty | Godhead | heart | heart and soul | Holy Ghost | Holy Spirit | Holy Trinity | inwardness | Jehovah | kernel | Logos | Lord | Maker | marrow | meat | nitty-gritty | nub | organic process | pith | Sacred Trinity | Son | substance | sum | Trinity | Word

Hypostasis In Webster's Dictionary

\Hy*pos"ta*sis\, n.; pl. {Hypostases}. [L., fr. Gr. ? subsistence, substance, fr. ? to stand under; ? under + ? to stand, middle voice of ? to cause to stand. See {Hypo-}, and {Stand}.] 1. That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing. 2. (Theol.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Note: The Council of Alexandria (a. d. 362) defined hypostasis as synonymous with person. --Schaff-Herzog. 3. Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies. 4. (Med.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.

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