hypostatic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mediaeval Latin hypostaticus, from Ancient Greek ὑποστατικός (hupostatikós), from ὑποστατός (hupostatós). Equivalent to hypostasis -tic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /haɪpəˈstætɪk/
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Adjective
[edit]hypostatic (comparative more hypostatic, superlative most hypostatic)
- (theology) Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, "A Præface Introductory"
- The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, "A Præface Introductory"
- Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
- 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:
- The hypostatic union , as it is called , the perfect and complete union of two whole and perfect natures in the person of Jesus Christ , underlies this apparent paradox
- (medicine) Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting.
- hypostatic congestion, due to setting of blood by gravitation
- (genetics) Of a gene, affected by hypostasis.