adverb
- in or during a former time; previously; long ago
Usage: archaic; literary
noun
- a former or past time; antiquity
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- In aforetime, knights and nobles ruled the land.
- She had aforetime been a skilled musician before her retirement.
- The aforetime glory of the empire had long since faded.
- He spoke of aforetime as if it were a golden age.
- Such customs were common in aforetime but are rarely seen today.
- The poet yearned for the peace of aforetime.