whilom

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Believing as he still does that he is God's anointed, the whilom All Highest feels a duty, a pious obligation to preach.

From Time Magazine Archive

David Grayson is also known as Publicist Ray Stannard Baker, whilom co-editor of McClure's and the American Magazine, U. S. press chief at the Peace Conference, lauder of Woodrow Wilson and professional political commentator.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said whilom Ambassador to Britain Charles Gates Dawes who attended, "I believe it is unprecedented for the accredited representative of a foreign power to submit himself to cross-examination."

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General Russell will be succeeded by a U. S. Minister, Dana Munro, whilom chief of the State Department's Latin-American division.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it was soon found that the long years of prison and danger had wrought a real change in the whilom courtier, who now became a dévot of the fashionable Parisian type.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta