hypostatic union

noun

In Chalcedonian Christianity, the unity of the two natures of Jesus Christ, divine and human, in a single individual person or hypostasis.

OriginEcclesiastical Latin ūniō hypostatica ← Medieval Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν →
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Meanings

nounhypostatic union (countable and uncountable, plural hypostatic unions)

plural hypostatic unions

  1. countableuncountablelifestyleIn Chalcedonian Christianity, the unity of the two natures of Jesus Christ, divine and human, in a single individual person or hypostasis.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
personal union

Origin

  1. Medieval Greekἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν
  2. Ecclesiastical Latinūniō hypostatica
  3. Englishhypostatic union

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin ūniō hypostatica, from Medieval Greek ἕνωσις καθ’ ὑπόστασιν (hénōsis kath’ hupóstasin, literally “union according to the hypostasis”).

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Translations

French union hypostatique
  • union hypostatiqueTranslations
Latin ūniō hypostatica
  • ūniō hypostaticaTranslations
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