Hypostatic
Hypostatic , adjective
[Greek {not transcribed}: compare French hypostatique.]
1.
Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.
The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles.
2.
Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. — Bp. Pearson
3.
(Medicine) Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation.
Collocations (1)
Hypostatic union (Theology) , the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ. — Tillotson
Also: Hypostatical