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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their
three hypostatical principles. --Boyle.
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2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine
hypostases, or substances. --Bp. Pearson.
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3. (Med.) Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting;
as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of
blood by gravitation.
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{Hypostatic union} (Theol.), the union of the divine with the
human nature of Christ. --Tillotson.
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