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HYPOSTATICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
hypostatically (not comparable)
In a hypostatic manner; in terms of actual substance.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`po*stat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Definition: In a hypostatic manner.
HYPOSTATIC
Hy`po*stat"ic, Hy`po*stat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. hypostatique.]
1. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary. The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles. Boyle.
2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. Bp. Pearson.
3. (Med.)
Definition: Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation. Hypostatic union (Theol.), the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ. Tillotson.
HYPOSTATICAL
Hy`po*stat"ic, Hy`po*stat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. hypostatique.]
1. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary. The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles. Boyle.
2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. Bp. Pearson.
3. (Med.)
Definition: Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation. Hypostatic union (Theol.), the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ. Tillotson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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