erewhile

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Even Allen sadly missed his erewhile tormentor, and thought his immunity from chaff and practical jokes dearly purchased.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

On the Monday of St. John they elected two burgomasters, namely, Joachim Pr�tze, the erewhile town clerk, an honest and sensible man, and Johannes Klocke, the actual town clerk and syndicus.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew

And as one climbs the slanting pathway, these will be the words he utters: 'This was she who erewhile laid down her life for her husband; now she is a saint for evermore.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

“By the virtue of no múti save that of the spear of the King, O Elephant,” I answered, with a glance backward at where I had deposited the great assegai, the erewhile royal gift.

From The Induna's Wife by Mitford, Bertram

Then much joy had I in my heart, the which had erewhile been in sorrow which harassed it.

From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Pisan, Christin? de