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HYPOSTASES
HYPOSTASIS
hypostasis
(noun) (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ
(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
hypostasis
(noun) the accumulation of blood in an organ
hypostasis, epistasis
(noun) the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
hypostases
plural of hypostasis
Source: Wiktionary
HYPOSTASIS
Hy*pos"ta*sis, n.; pl. Hypostases. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 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.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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