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hypostatically

hypostatically adverb: in a hypostatic manner; in terms of actual substance.

Adverb

hypostatically (not comparable)

  1. In a hypostatic manner; in terms of actual substance.
    • In the vision of Ezekiel, God is described as descending upon the combined forms of the eagle, the bull, and the lion, the emblems of the ætherial spirit, the creative and destructive powers, which were all united in the true God, though hypostatically divided in the Syrian trinity.1786, Richard Payne Knight, On the Worship of Priapus, section X

Origin of hypostatically

From hypostatic + -ally.

Questions about hypostatically

What does hypostatically mean?
Hypostatically means in a hypostatic manner; in terms of actual substance.
What part of speech is hypostatically?
Hypostatically is an adverb.

Words near hypostatically in the dictionary

  1. hypostasy
  2. hypostatic
  3. hypostatic union
  4. hypostatic unions
  5. hypostatical
  6. hypostatically
  7. hypostatisation
  8. hypostatise
  9. hypostatised
  10. hypostatises
  11. hypostatising

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