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Meaning Of Hypostasis
n.
That which forms the basis of anything; underlying
principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an
existing being or thing.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid;
sediment.