Found 1 items, similar to Hypostatic.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hypostatic Hypostatic \Hy`po*stat"ic\, Hypostatical \Hy`po*stat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. hypostatique.] 1. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary. [1913 Webster] The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. --Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation. [1913 Webster] Hypostatic union (Theol.), the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]