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hypostasis
[ hahy-pos-tuh-sis, hi- ]
noun
, plural hy·pos·ta·ses [hahy-, pos, -t, uh, -seez, hi-].
- Metaphysics.
- something that stands under and supports; foundation.
- the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- Theology.
- one of the three real and distinct substances in the one undivided substance or essence of God.
- a person of the Trinity.
- the one personality of Christ in which His two natures, human and divine, are united.
- Medicine/Medical.
- the accumulation of blood or its solid components in parts of an organ or body due to poor circulation.
- such sedimentation, as in a test tube.
hypostasis
/ haɪˈpɒstəsɪs; ˌhaɪpəˈstætɪk /
noun
- metaphysics the essential nature of a substance as opposed to its attributes
- Christianity
- any of the three persons of the Godhead, together constituting the Trinity
- the one person of Christ in which the divine and human natures are united
- the accumulation of blood in an organ or part, under the influence of gravity as the result of poor circulation
- another name for epistasis
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Derived Forms
- hypostatic, adjective
- ˌhypoˈstatically, adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypostasis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypostasis1
C16: from Late Latin: substance, from Greek hupostasis foundation, from huphistasthai to stand under, from hypo- + histanai to cause to stand
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Example Sentences
In Plotinus it is the first stage in the unfoldment of the Godhead, and is a distinct hypostasis, though not a person.
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It is rather a potential human individual, a nature not yet developed into a person or hypostasis.
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The consequences of a hypostasis of the good are no less interesting than its causes.
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This involved, of course, its hypostasis as the metaphysical reality of supreme importance.
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Evil is here said to be a hypostasis in itself, and imparts evil qualities to other things.
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