sobeit

See also: so be it

English

Etymology

Univerbation of so be it.

Conjunction

sobeit

1. (archaic) as long as; given that
   • 1830, Richard Baxter, William Orme, The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, with a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings, volume 15, London: James Duncan, page 40:

     But if a Papist priest should be unduly ordained, or forge his own Orders, sobeit the church think him truly ordained, he can do the miracle.

   • 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion: A Romance (fiction), Boston: James R. Osgood, published 1871, page 172:

     […] for the German's heart was beating with strong desire to embrace his sister; and the heart of his friend cared little whither he went, sobeit he were not too much alone.

Coordinate terms

• albeit, howbeit

See also

• so be it

Anagrams

• is-to-be, tobies