adv. [L., ‘how far,’ ‘to what extent,’ f. quā where + tenus up to.] In so far as; in the quality or capacity of; QUA.
1652. N. Culverwel, Lt. Nature, xi. (1661), 78. An innate power of the Soul, that is fitted, and fashioned for the receiving of spirituals, quatenus Spirituals.
1664. Butler, Hud., II. ii. 87/277. A broken Oath is, quatenus Oath, As sound t’ all purposes of Troath.
1673. Wood, Life (O. H. S.), II. 274. That every canon of Ch. Ch. should (quatenus as a member of the university) preach at St. Marie’s, and (quatenus canon) at Ch. Ch.
1697. J. Dennis, Plot & no Plot, 52. Tho the Viscount be my superiour, quatenus Viscount, yet he does esteem himself my equal.
