† hyˈpostasy Obs. rare.
[Adapted form of hypostasis: cf. ecstasy.]
1. = hypostasis 1.
| 1547 Boorde Brev. Health lxxiii. 21 The hypostasy is the substance of the uryne. 1638 Shirley Mart. Soldier iii. iv. in Bullen O. Pl. I. 218 Doe but marke These black Hypostacies; it plainely shewes Mortification generally through the Spirits. |
2. = hypostasis 5.
| 1551 Bp. Gardiner Explic. Cath. Faith 117 Wheir as in that vnion the rest is an ineffable mysterie, the two natures in Christ to haue one subsistence called & termed an hypostasie. 1628 Gaule Pract. The. (1629) 58 O the vnsearchable depth of this speciall Hypostasie! |