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hypostasis

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hy·pos·ta·sis  (h-pst-ss)
n. pl. hy·pos·ta·ses (-sz)
1. Philosophy The substance, essence, or underlying reality.
2. Christianity
a. Any of the persons of the Trinity.
b. The essential person of Jesus in which his human and divine natures are united.
3. Something that has been hypostatized.
4.
a. A settling of solid particles in a fluid.
b. Something that settles to the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
5. Medicine The settling of blood in the lower part of an organ or the body as a result of decreased blood flow.
6. Genetics A condition in which the action of one gene conceals or suppresses the action of another gene that is not its allele but that affects the same part or biochemical process in an organism.

[Late Latin, from Greek hupostasis : hupo-, hypo- + stasis, a standing; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

hypo·static (hp-sttk), hypo·stati·cal adj.
hypo·stati·cal·ly adv.

hypostasis [haɪˈpɒstəsɪs]
n pl -ses [-ˌsiːz]
1. (Philosophy) Metaphysics the essential nature of a substance as opposed to its attributes
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christianity
a.  any of the three persons of the Godhead, together constituting the Trinity
b.  the one person of Christ in which the divine and human natures are united
3. (Medicine / Pathology) the accumulation of blood in an organ or part, under the influence of gravity as the result of poor circulation
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) another name for epistasis [3]
[from Late Latin: substance, from Greek hupostasis foundation, from huphistasthai to stand under, from hypo- + histanai to cause to stand]
hypostatic  [ˌhaɪpəˈstætɪk], hypostatical adj
hypostatically  adv

hypostasis
1. the unique nature of the Godhead and hence the Holy Trinity.
2. any of the three parts of the Holy Trinity.
3. the personality of Christ separate from his dual nature, human and divine. — hypostatic, hypostatical, adj.
See also: Theology
a deposit or sediment, particularly a settling of blood in lower parts of the body as a result of a slowing down in the circulation. — hypostatic, hypostatical, adj.
See also: Blood and Blood Vessels
the essential substance or underlying nature or principle of a thing. — hypostatic, hypostatical, adj.
See also: Philosophy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hypostasis - the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
2.hypostasis - the accumulation of blood in an organ
bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"
3.hypostasis - any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
Almighty, Creator, Divine, God Almighty, Godhead, Lord, Maker, Jehovah - terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity - the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
4.hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, nub, meat, core, sum, marrow, heart, center, centre - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
metaphysics - the philosophical study of being and knowing
Translations
hypostasis [haɪˈpɒstəsɪs] N (hypostases (pl)) [haɪˈpɒstəsiːz] (Rel) → hipóstasis f


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Against the Apollinarians and Monphysites he declared that there were two separate natures in Christ, emphasising the human element, replacing the Orthodox concepts of Henosis and Hypostasis that denoted their unity with those of Synapheia (Conjunction) and Prosopic (Physical).
But the church has always tried to make the simple humanity of Christ divine, too divine, to lift him up, to give to his human nature a divine hypostasis (or something similar), a divine magnificence and polish, which in the final analysis takes away the flesh and blood from this man Jesus of Nazareth.
22) In functional cosmogonic terms, the ten sefirot bear a remarkable resemblance both to the orthodox Christian Trinity (23) and the Gnostic Archons or Aeons: like the members of the Trinity, each sefirah is conceived as a hypostasis or persona of the One; like the members of the Valentinian Pleroma, or divine Fullness, the sefirot are arranged in male-female pairs which emanate "children," i.
 
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