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   Hypostasis , n.; pl. Hypostases . [L., fr. Gr.  subsistence, substance, fr.  to stand under;  under +  to stand, middle voice of  to cause to stand. See Hypo-, and Stand.]
   That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.
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   (Theol.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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   ☞ The Council of Alexandria (a. d. 362) defined hypostasis as synonymous with person.
   Schaff-Herzog.
   
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   Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies.
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   (Med.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.
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