Theology. Each of the three modes of being of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) which together constitute the Trinity. Cf. essence, n. 4b, hypostasis…

Of God or another divine being.

Theology. Personality, personal existence, person: (a) distinguished from nature, as in the one ‘hypostasis’ of Christ as distinguished from his two…

= hypostasis, n. 5.

Theology. Any of the three persons or hypostases of the Trinity, as distinct from the divine nature or substance (see substance, n. 1). See hypostasis…

Theology. = subsistence, n. 2a; (also) the personality of God. Cf. hypostasis, n. 5.

An indwelling being: applied to the ‘Persons’ of the Trinity. Obsolete.

Theology. = subsistence, n. 2a. Now rare.

A person, esp. one considered as the possessor of individual characteristics or qualities. Also: a being resembling or having the nature of a person…

Theology. Any one of the three Persons of the Trinity, esp. regarded in terms of outward appearance or manifestation; = hypostasis, n. 5.