Chapter Hylas to Hysteron Proteron of H by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Hypocrite (3 syl.). Prince of hypocrites. Tiberius Caesar was so called, because he affected a great regard for decency, but indulged in the most detestable lust and cruelty (B.C. 42, 14 to A.D. 37).
   Abdallah Ibn Obba and his partisans were called The Hypocrites by Mahomet, because they feigned to be friends, but were in reality disguised foes.

Hypocrites' Isle called by Rabelais Chaneph, which is the Hebrew for "hypocrisy." Rabelais says it is wholly inhabited by sham saints, spiritual comedians, bead-tumblers, mumblers of ave-marias, and such like sorry rogues, who lived on the alms of passengers, like the hermit of Lormont. (Pantagruel, iv. 63.)

Hypostatic Union The union of two or more persons into one undivided unity, as, for example, the three persons of the eternal Godhead. The Greek hypostasis corresponds to the Latin persona. The three persons of the God and three hypostases of the Godhead mean one and the same thing.

"We do not find, indeed, that the hypostatic pre-existence of Christ was an article of their creed [i.e. of the Nazarenes]." - Fisher: Supernatural Origin of Christianity, essay v. p. 319.

Hypped [hipt ]. Melancholy, low-spirited. Hyp., is a contraction of hypochondria.

Hyson One of the varieties of green tea. "Ainsi nommé d'un mot chinois qui veut dire printemps, parce que c'est au commencement de cette saison qu'on le cueille. " (M. N. Bouillet.)

Hyssop David says (Ps. li. 7): "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean." The reference is to the custom of someone who was ceremoniously "clean" sprinkling the unclean (when they came to present themselves in the Temple) with a bunch of hyssop dipped in water, in which had been mixed the ashes of a red heifer. This was done as they left the Court of the Gentiles to enter the Court of the women (Numbers xix. 17).

Hysteron Proteron (Greek). The cart before the horse.