adv. Obs. rare. [f. THEN adv., after theretofore.] Before then, before that time: = THERETOFORE.
1626. L. Owen, Spec. Jesuit. (1629), 7. According to many graces and priuiledges then-tofore granted.
1706. Col. Rec. Pennsyl., II. 268. Complaints made of the excessive charge thentofore of obtaining Lycences.
1785. J. Disney, Mem. A. A. Sykes, 130. Bishop Atterbury had thentofore written largely in support of the power of the convocation.
