forasmuch as
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Others again said that, forasmuch as the expedition was perilous, they ought to go by night and not by day.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara
Nothing, indeed, in this world can be successful without prayer; forasmuch as every good and every perfect gift cometh down from God, and must be asked of him.
From True Christianity by Johann Arndt
And Gideon saw that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord God! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face."
From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Theodore Gerald Soares
Of which amercements, or ransoming of bondmen, some lords’ stewards say that it is rightful, forasmuch as a churl hath no temporal thing that is not his lord’s, as they say.
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
Tial, ke = for the reason that, forasmuch as, because that.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
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