01 a. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.
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Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.“The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles.” — Boyle.
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Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.
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Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation.(Med.)
Phrases & compounds
Hypostatic union —
the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ.