thenceˈforward, adv.
[Orig. two words: thence and forward adv.]
= prec. Also with from († fro).
| 1457 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 294 Fro thens forward al thos that ben abyll to be jurys. 1472–3 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 30/2 To be from thensforward true Liegemen. 1677 Cary Chronol. ii. ii. iii. ii. 226 From thence-forward they might safely betake themselves to their Labours. 1732 Berkeley Alciphr. iv. §14 As an artist leaves a clock, to go thenceforward of itself for a certain period. 1856 Froude Hist. Eng. II. x. 430 No monks, thenceforward, were to leave the precincts of the monastery. |