Look up: hypostasis

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   hypostasis
   [n] - the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene 2. [n] - the accumulation of blood in an organ 3. [n] - any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united 4. [n] - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
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   Hypostasis
   Hy·pos'ta·sis noun ; plural Hypostases . [ Latin , from Greek ... subsistence, substance, from ... 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. (T ...
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   hypostasis
   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. 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. ... The Council of Alex ...
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   hypostasis
   noun (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
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   hypostasis
   noun the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
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   Hypostasis
   See: * Hypostatic abstraction * Hypostasis (linguistics) * Hypostasis (logic) * Hypostasis (organization) * Hypostasis (Christianity) * Hypostasis (medicine)
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   hypostasis
   (hi-pos´tә-sis) poor or stagnant circulation of the blood, often with a deposit or sediment, in a dependent part of the body or an organ.
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   Hypostasis
   • (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. • (n.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment. • (n.) Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sul...
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   hypostasis
   (from the article `Christianity`) ...Constantinople in 381; and Chalcedon in 451). The key ideas of these Christological and Trinitarian debates and their conclusions were based upon ... ...reaction led by Pope Leo I (reigned 440–461) against this one-nature (Monophysite) doctrine culminated in the Council of Chalcedon (451), which...
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    Hypostasis
    Literally the Greek word signifies that which stands under and serves as a support. In philosophy it means a singular substance, also called a supposite, suppositum, by the Scholastics, especially if the substance is a completely subsisting one, whether non-living or living, irrational or rational. However, a rational hypostasis has the same meani...
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