hypostatic
of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
Theology. pertaining to or constituting a distinct personal being or substance.
Medicine/Medical. being in a condition of hypostasis.
Genetics. (of a nonallelic gene) masked by another gene.
Origin of hypostatic
1- Also hy·po·stat·i·cal [hahy-puh-stat-i-kuhl] /ˌhaɪ pəˈstæt ɪ kəl/ .
Other words from hypostatic
- hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·hy·po·stat·ic, adjective
- non·hy·po·stat·i·cal, adjective
- non·hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use hypostatic in a sentence
(Would number then precede the essences) only in thought and conception, or also in the hypostatic existence?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)The first and veritable Number is therefore the source and principle21 of hypostatic existence for beings.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)If the man be defined as being the composite of the reasonable soul and the body, how can he be an immortal hypostatic existence?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)No, it has not even reached there, inasmuch as all that is after the First achieved (hypostatic) existence on His account.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)By such individual beings is here meant having in one's own being the cause of his hypostatic existence.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
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