hereafter

hereafter
/hear af"teuhr, -ahf"-/, adv.
1. after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
2. in the time to follow; from now on: Hereafter I will not accept their calls.
3. in the life or world to come.
4. hereinafter.
n.
5. a life or existence after death; the future beyond mortal existence.
6. time to come; the future.
[bef. 900; ME; OE heraefter. See HERE, AFTER]

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