wherethrough

[hwair-throo, wair-]

conjunction

through, during, or because of which.

Origin of wherethrough

First recorded in 1175–1225, wherethrough is from the Middle English word hwerthrough. See where, through

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Examples from the Web for wherethrough

Historical Examples of wherethrough

These are the two golden pipes, or rather conduits, wherethrough the olivebranches empty themselves into the gold.
Lectures on Bible Revision
Samuel Newth
This Solomon had an evil wife, wherethrough he weened that there had been no good woman, and so he despised them in his books.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)
Thomas Malory
This Solomon had an evil wife, wherethrough he weened that there had been no good women, and so he despised them in his books.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed
Wherethrough Merlin's words King Arthur gave him an earldom of lands that fell unto him.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II)
Thomas Malory
A variance fell in London between the goldsmiths and the tailors, wherethrough many men were slain.
The Survey of London
John Stow