'Hypostatical' definitions:

Definition of 'Hypostatical'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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