thereabove, adv.
(ðɛərəˈbʌv)
[Orig. two words, there 17 and above adv.]
† a. Above or on the top of that (obs.). † b. Above or more than that (obs.). c. Up above there; up yonder (in heaven). rare.
| 1382 Wyclif 1 Kings vii. 35 In the cop..was a maner roundnes,..so forgid, that the watir vessel myȝte be sette there aboue. 1439 in Fenland N. & Q. July (1905) 221 To the somme of xl. m{supl}. marc or yer above. 1891 C. E. Norton Dante's Hell i. 5 That Emperor who reigneth thereabove [i. 124 quello Imperador, che lassù regna]. 1892 ― Paradise i. 4 Beatrice was standing with her eyes wholly fixed on the eternal wheels, and on her I fixed my eyes from there⁓above removed [i. 66 Le luci fisse di lassù rimote]. |