hereafter
Noun · AdverbUS[hih-raf-ter]/hɪˈræftɚ/3 syllables
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Adverb (3)
- in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.“the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises”“the terms specified hereunder”Synonyms: hereinafterhereunder
- in a future life or state“hope to win salvation hereafter”
- following this in time or order or place; after this“hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance”
Noun (2)
- life after deathSynonyms: afterlifeType of life, lifetimeKinds kingdom come, immortality
- the time yet to comeSynonyms: futurefuturitytime to comeType of timeKinds tomorrow, offing, by-and-by, kingdom come, manana
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Here·aft′er adverb
Origin: AS. hēræfter.
In time to come; in some future time or state.
Hereafter he from war shall come.— John Dryden
Here·aft′er noun
A future existence or state.
'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.— Joseph Addison
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54