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hypostatic
[ hahy-puh-stat-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- Theology. pertaining to or constituting a distinct personal being or substance.
- Medicine/Medical. being in a condition of hypostasis.
- Genetics. (of a nonallelic gene) masked by another gene.
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Other Words From
- hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly adverb
- non·hy·po·stat·ic adjective
- non·hy·po·stat·i·cal adjective
- non·hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypostatic1
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Example Sentences
(Would number then precede the essences) only in thought and conception, or also in the hypostatic existence?
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The first and veritable Number is therefore the source and principle21 of hypostatic existence for beings.
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If the man be defined as being the composite of the reasonable soul and the body, how can he be an immortal hypostatic existence?
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No, it has not even reached there, inasmuch as all that is after the First achieved (hypostatic) existence on His account.
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By such individual beings is here meant having in one's own being the cause of his hypostatic existence.
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