sobeit

See also: so be it

English

Etymology

so + be + it

Conjunction

sobeit

  1. (archaic) as long as; given that
    • 1830, Richard Baxter; William Orme, The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, with a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings, volume 15, London: James Duncan, page 40:
      But if a Papist priest should be unduly ordained, or forge his own Orders, sobeit the church think him truly ordained, he can do the miracle.
    • 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion: A Romance (fiction), Boston: James R. Osgood, published 1871, page 172:
      [] for the German's heart was beating with strong desire to embrace his sister; and the heart of his friend cared little whither he went, sobeit he were not too much alone.

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