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
hypostases
plural of hypostasis
Source: Wiktionary
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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