hypostasis
/haɪˈpɑstəsɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.91 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Phi[sitian]. I view’d your vrine, and the Hipoſtates ^([sic – meaning Hipoſtaſis]) / Thick and obſcure doth make your danger great, […]"
- "Thus the kidneys also have their particular excrement which is contained in it and is the hypostasis (deposit)."
- "the hypostases of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit"
- "What did the God who hammered the universe together have to do with virtue, redemption, the strange doctrine of hypostasis?"
- "As Gregory of Nyssa had explained, the three hypostases of Father, Son, and Spirit were not objective facts but simply “terms that we use” to express the way in which the “unnameable and unspeakable” divine nature (ousia) adapts itself to the limitations of our human minds."
- "As a result of this verbal pact, the Trinity consists of three equal hypostaseis in one ousia: three equal Persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) sharing one Essence or Substance (Trinity or Godhead)."
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin hypostasis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis, “sediment, foundation; substance, existence, essence”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”). Morphologically hypo- + -stasis.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /haɪˈpɑstəsɪs/
- British English: /haɪˈpɒstəsɪs/