aforetime

/əˈfɔrˌtaɪm/
adverb
  1. In earlier times; formerly; in the past.
    • Aforetime, letters were the only way to communicate over long distances.
    • The village was aforetime a bustling market town.
    • Aforetime, people traveled by horse and carriage.
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