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hypostatic
CIDE DICTIONARY
hypostatic, a. [Gr. : cf. F. hypostatique.].
- Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary. [1913 Webster]"The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles." [1913 Webster]
- Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster]
- Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hypostatic, adj. (also hypostatical) Theol. relating to the three persons of the Trinity.
Idiom
hypostatic union the divine and human natures in Christ.
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hypostatic
Substantiality
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