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hypostasis
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Hypostasis
(gcide) | Hypostasis \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.
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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.
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Note: The Council of Alexandria (a. d. 362) defined
hypostasis as synonymous with person. --Schaff-Herzog.
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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.
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4. (Med.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid;
sediment.
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hypostasis
(wn) | hypostasis
n 1: the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated
gene [syn: hypostasis, epistasis]
2: the accumulation of blood in an organ
3: any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the
Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and
human natures are united [syn: hypostasis, {hypostasis of
Christ}]
4: (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality |
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hypostasis
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hypostasis
(wn) | hypostasis
n 1: the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated
gene [syn: hypostasis, epistasis]
2: the accumulation of blood in an organ
3: any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the
Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and
human natures are united [syn: hypostasis, {hypostasis of
Christ}]
4: (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality |
hypostasis of christ
(wn) | hypostasis of Christ
n 1: any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the
Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and
human natures are united [syn: hypostasis, {hypostasis of
Christ}] |
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