Hypostasis - English meaning

noun

The accumulation of fluid or blood in the lower parts of the body or organs under the influence of gravity, as occurs in cases of poor circulation or after death.

noun

An underlying reality or substance, as opposed to attributes or to that which lacks substance.

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And indeed by referring to those situations, levinas wants to detect the specific features of an hy…

noun

(in trinitarian doctrine) each of the three persons of the trinity, as contrasted with the unity of the godhead.

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The essence of the trinity is the self-revelation of the father through the revealing hypostases of…