theretofore

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: there=to=fore

CIDE DICTIONARY

theretofore, adv. 

 Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

theretofore, adv. formal before that time.

ROGET THESAURUS

theretofore

Priority

N priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence, precession, precursor, the past, premises, prior, previous, preceding, precedent, anterior, antecedent, pre- existing, pre-existent, former, foregoing, aforementioned, before- mentioned, abovementioned, aforesaid, said, introductory, before, prior to, earlier, previously, afore, aforehand, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile, ere then, ere now, before then, before now, erewhile, already, yet, beforehand, on the eve of, prior tempore prior jure.