Hypostasis

[hai'pɒstәsis]

Definition

(noun.) (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality.

(noun.) any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united.

(noun.) the accumulation of blood in an organ.

(noun.) the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene.

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Definition

(n.) That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Substance, subsistence.[2]. Person, personality.[3]. Principle, element.

Typist: Martha

Definition

n. a substance: the essence or real personal subsistence or substance of each of the three divisions of the Godhead.—adjs. Hypostat′ic -al.—adv. Hypostat′ically.—v.t. Hypos′tatīse.

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