forasmuch

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He is therefore considering --forasmuch as the place is being used now for religious services by day and night, according to the intention of Pope Clement--he is considering, I say, a plan for erecting the statues which are missing in the niches above the sepulchres and the tabernacles above the doors.

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  1. In view of the fact that; in consideration that; seeing that; since: with as: as, forasmuch as the time is short. Forasmuch as the knowingis of these things is a maner pocion or medicine to thee, al be it so that I haue little time to done it, yet neuerthelesse I would enforcen me to shewen somewhat of it. Chaucer, Boëthius, iv. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone. Acts xvii. 29.

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  • And here we entered in communication upon two points: one was that his Holiness, having committed in times past, and in most ample form, the cause into the realm, promising not to revoke the said commission, and over that, to confirm the process and sentence of the commissaries, should not at the point of sentence have advoked the cause, retaining it at Rome--forasmuch as Rome was a place whither your Highness could not, ne yet ought, personally to come unto, and also was not bound to send thither your proctor. —  The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)
  • But let me test thee in the portico.--Why is it, that as some things extend more remotely than others; so, Quadammodotatives are larger than Qualitatives; forasmuch, as Quadammodotatives extend to those things, which include the Quadammodotatives themselves Azzageddi has found his match," said Media Still posed, Babbalanja?" —  Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)
  • He is therefore considering --forasmuch as the place is being used now for religious services by day and night, according to the intention of Pope Clement--he is considering, I say, a plan for erecting the statues which are missing in the niches above the sepulchres and the tabernacles above the doors. —  The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
  • The purpose of the structure is declared by the patent by which King John commanded its erection: "You have given us to understand that you have not a convenient place wherein our treasure may be safely deposited; and forasmuch, as well for that use as for many others, a fortress would be necessary for us at Dublin, we command you to erect a castle there, in such competent place as you shall judge most expedient, as well to curb the city as to defend it if occasion shall so require, and that you make it as strong as you can with good and durable walls." —  Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2
  • Nor can Satan withstand his plea, though he should against them join argument with the law; forasmuch, as has been proved before, he can and will, by what he has to produce and plead of his own, save his from all trespasses, charges, and accusations. —  Works of John Bunyan — Complete
 

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  1. from Middle English forasmuch, forasmyche, etc., also, separately, for as much: see for, as, much.
 

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