Meanings
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of whomsoever.
[…]; whomſoëver and whenſoëver God juſtifieth, hee alſo ſanctifieth:[…]
1753, Benjamin Whichcote, Moral and Religious Aphorisms, London: […] J. Payne, page 335 more examples
And according to the cuſtom of Toledo, (which is for the Regidores and Jurates, that are preſent, to draw lots, and one of each to go (upon whomſoëver the lot fall’s)
1652, Prudentio de Sandoval, translated by James Wadsworth, The Civil Wars of Spain, in the Beginning of the Reign of Charls the 5ᵗ, Emperor of Germanie, and King of That Nation, London: […] William Du-Gard, page 44[…]; and whomſoëver you go unto, or paſs by, or meet, ſalute him lovingly, or kindly reſalute him whileſt hee is ſaluting you;
1656, Joannes A[mos] Comenius, The Gate of the Latine Tongue Unlocked, London: […] William Du-Gard, page 199The firſt Article of that League is, that thoſe Kings ſhould not onely bee at amitie with each other, but alſo that they ſhould defend one another in all manner of Rights, againſt any others whomſoëver, except the Church of Rome, and on the part of the King of England;
1663, John Selden, [Marchamont Nedham, transl.], edited by J[ames] H[owell], Mare Clausum; The Right and Dominion of the Sea in Two Books, London: […] Andrew Kembe and Edward Thomas, page 404[…]: for the Kingdom of the Meſſiah is deſcribed in the Chriſtian Scriptures, as a Stone; on which whoſoëver falls, ſhall be broken; and on whomſoëver it ſhall fall, it will grind him to powder;
1771, The Apology of Benjamin Ben Mordecai to His Friends, for Embracing Christianity; in Seven Letters to Elisha Levi, Merchant, of Amsterdam. With Notes and Illustrations, by the Author and the Editor., London: […] J. Wilkie, page 194For he said, to Moses, I will pity whomsoëver I will, and compassionate whomsoëver I will.
1848, Jonathan Morgan, The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Translated from the Greek, into Pure English; with Explanatory Notes, on Certain Passages, Wherein the Author Differs from Other Translators., Portland, Me.: S. H. Colesworthy. […], page 195
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