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whosesoever

American  

[hooz-soh-ev-er] / ˌhuz soʊˈɛv ər /

pronoun

1. (the possessive case of whosoever used as an attributive adjective).

   Whosesoever books are overdue will be fined.

2. the one or ones belonging to whomsoever.

   Whosesoever are left here will be confiscated.

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Etymology

Origin of whosesoever

1605–15; earlier whoseso whosesoever ( see whose, so ¹) + ever

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Example Sentences

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whosesoever

And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods

But "He may perfectly well have said: 'Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted; whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.'"

From Matthew Arnold by George William Erskine Russell

It is difficult to say that such vessels can claim any interference of the Government in their behalf, into whosesoever hands they may happen to fall, any more than vessels which should turn general pirates.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson

Thus also John, in the last chapter, "He breathed on them and said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained."

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Martin Luther

At whosesoever feet the apple falls he will be the bridegroom of that princess.

From The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

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