| hypostatical | 1. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary. "The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles." (Boyle) 2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. 3. <medicine> Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation. Hypostatic union, the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Hypostatique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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