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Definition of "thence" [thence]

  • From that place; from there: flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow. (adverb)
  • From that circumstance or source; therefrom. (adverb)
  • Archaic From that time; thenceforth. See Usage Note at whence. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "thence" in a sentence
  • "The basin was called caddichus, and the rejected candidate had a name thence derived."
  • "Afterward he was for some time at Eton, where he had the ill-luck to receive some fifty-four stripes for his shortcomings in Latin; thence he goes to Trinity"
  • "A mile thence is Basin on ye Left hand wch was a house of ye Duke of Boltons, but being a Garrison in ye Civil warrs was pulled down and Now only some part remaines, and the Gardens wch are improved and new walls built: fine fruit and vineyards, a large parke to it."