Meanings
conjunction
- archaicAs long as; given that.
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.
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 401 more example
[…] 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.
1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion: A Romance (fiction), Boston: James R. Osgood, published 1871, page 172
Origin
Univerbation of so be it.
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