Synonyms for hypostasis

Most common

substance · epistasis · livor mortis

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his ‘nature(s)’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity (sharing a single ‘essence’).

   the hypostases of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Forms

Plural

hypostases → substances, principles, elements, subsistences…

Example sentences

• substance The result of the experiment was a blue substance.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters

element³

9 letters

principle³, substance², epistasis

11 letters

subsistence³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (element³ = 3 syllables).