† suˈpposital, a. Metaph. Obs.
[ad. mod.L. suppositālis, f. suppositum: see suppositum and -al1.]
Belonging or relating to a ‘supposite’: see supposite n. 1. So † supposiˈtality [mod.L. suppositālitās], the condition of being ‘supposital’, or of being a ‘supposite’; † suˈppositate v. trans., to be in the relation of a ‘supposite’ to; to be the subject of.
| 1656 Jeanes Mixt. Schol. Div. 81 The second person [of the Trinity]..alone terminates the *suppositall, or personal dependance of the manhood. 1682 H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux O. 238 Indiscerpibility maintains their supposital Unitie, as it does in all Spirits that have to do with Matter. |
| 1545 Bale Myst. Iniq. 34 Substancialite, deificalite,..modalite, *supposytalite, ypostaticalite. 1656 Jeanes Fuln. Christ 135 If the manhood of Christ subsist any manner of way, then it is [? in] a person, or suppositum: for what is subsistence here, but suppositality, and therefore it, and suppositum are reciprocated. a 1670 South Serm. Col. ii. 2 (1727) IV. 318 No Wonder therefore, if these Men..have by their Modalities, Suppositalities, Circumincessions, and twenty such..Chimeras, so misrepresented this..Article of the Trinity to Mens Reason, as to bring them..at length to deny it. 1711 tr. Werenfels' Logomachys 101 Then follow..your greater and lesser Realitys, modal Entitys,..Then the States, Amplications, Principles of Individuation, Suppositalitys,..and whole cartloads of Qualitys. |
| 1627 J. Doughty Serm. Div. Myst. (1628) 12 Those queries, whither God be materia prima, and, whither Christs divinitie might not *suppositate a fly. 1656 Jeanes Fuln. Christ 154 There is an ability in the person of the word, to suppositate, and assume the manhood. |