the settling of blood in the lower parts of an organ or body, esp due to impaired circulation or death
the substance or essential nature of an individual
in Christian theology:
any of the three persons of the Trinity
the person of Christ, combining divine and human nature
hypostatic adj
[via Latin from Greek hypostasis support, foundation, substance, sediment, from hyphistasthai to stand under, support, from hypo- + histasthai to be standing]