beforetime

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Is this the beforetime for Johns, a memory of a time before he decided to be an artist, before he turned inward and began to live almost entirely in his head?

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021

The gods who were beforetime rest in their tombs, the mummies 5 of the saints likewise are enwrapped in their tombs.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius

Winifrede was fond of entomology, and Marjorie, beforetime a lukewarm naturalist, now waxed enthusiastic in the collection of specimens.

From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol

The flood-gates of his affections may have been opened, and he may have become receptive to influences which had upon him beforetime little or no effect.

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John

On the contrary, it was open and pleasing; no doubt had been handsome beforetime, and whatever caused its melancholy expression had lined and clouded it.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.