hypostaticaladj.
/hʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈstatɪkəl//hɪpə(ʊ)ˈstatɪkəl/ 1. = hypostatic adj. 1.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > [adjective] > of substance of
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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 154 He being the Word..did by hypostatical vnion take vpon hym the nature of man.
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Hypostaticall, belonging to substance; or that which consisteth in the substance of a thing.
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 310 To the singular number (Jehovah) his essentiall name, noting the unity..is added the plurall (Elohim) his hypostaticall, or subsistentiall name, noting the Trinity.
1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis Epist. sig. A4 I believe the Hypostatical Union, a Trinity of persons in the Unity of Essence.
a1679 T. Hobbes Answer Dr. Bramhall 38 in Tracts (1682) The word Hypostatical Union is rightly retained and used by Divines, as being the Union of two Hypostases, that is, of two Substances or Natures in the Person of Christ.
1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 377 The hypostatical union is the union of the human nature of our Lord with the divine, constituting two natures in one person.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > [adjective] > of or relating to elements
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1661–80 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist i. 80 They do not pretend by fire alone to separate out of all compound Bodies their Hypostatical Principles.
1676 R. Boyle Exper. & Consid. Colours Exp. xv Divers learned men, having adopted the three hypostaticall principles.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Hypostatical Principles, a Title given by Paracelsus and his Followers to the three Chymical Principles, viz. Salt, Sulphur and Mercury.
Derivatives
hypoˈstatically adv. in a hypostatic manner; in actual substance or personality.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > [adverb] > in hypostatic manner
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > eucharistic doctrines > presence of Christ in communion > [adverb]
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [adverb] > union of soul with body
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [adverb] > union of human or divine in
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1593 T. Bell Motives Romish Faith ii. viii. 117 [He] affirmeth the substance of breade, to be vnited to the bodie of Christ hipostatically.
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iii. 123 God..is hypostatically in Christ: graciously in his Saints: gloriously in Heauen: powerfully in Hell.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 567 Our ransom from eternal punishment being paid with the bloud of one of our own kind, hypostatically united to God.
1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 154 After a Soul is Hypostatically, that is, Personally united to a Body, their separation is call'd Death.
1883 Catholic Dict. (1885) 428/2 Sin was a physical impossibility in the human soul of Christ, because it was hypostatically united to the Divinity.
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