base, foundation, underlying principle; essence or personality of any of the three persons in the Godhead (Theology); accumulation of blood in an organ (Medicine); epistasis (Genetics)
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Hypostasis Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hypostasis Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
(n.)
That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.
That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutPrinciple; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies.
hypostasis
\hy*pos"ta*sis\ (?), n.; pl. hypostases (#). [l., fr. gr. &?; subsistence, substance, fr. &?; to stand under; &?; under + &?; to stand, middle voice of &?; to cause to stand. see 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.) 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.) that which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
Noun
1. the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
(synonym) epistasis
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
2. the accumulation of blood in an organ
(hypernym) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
3. any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
(hypernym) Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah
(hyponym) Father, Father-God, Fatherhood
(member-holonym) Trinity, Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity, Sacred Trinity
4. (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
(hypernym) kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
(derivation) hypostatize, hypostatise
(classification) metaphysics
Hypostasis Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hypostasis (from the Ancient Greek ὑπόστᾰσις) may refer to:
- Hypostatic abstraction (mathematics and logic)
- Hypostasis (linguistics), personification of entities
- Hypostatic gene
- Hypostasis (organisation), an Australian-based not-for-profit organization
- Hypostasis (philosophy), a philosophical term, also used in Christian theology
- Hypostasis (Neoplatonism)
- Hypostasis (medicine)
- Hypostasis (personality)
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Hypostasis Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Hypostasis (Greek) [from hypo under + sta stand, cf Latin substantia, English substance, Sanskrit avastha] The essential nature of a thing, the thing's original foundation, apart from any attributes. In Greek philosophy, used to signify the underlying basis or primordial origin of what flowed forth, that which flowed forth becoming the differentiated. It is also used to denote the persons of a trinity, as in theology and in the triune Vishnu.
