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Definition of Time out of mind
1. Noun. The distant past beyond memory.
Definition of Time out of mind
1. Noun. (idiomatic) The distant past beyond anyone's memory. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A lengthy duration of time, longer than is readily remembered. ¹
3. Adverb. (idiomatic dated) For a lengthy period of time; on numerous occasions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Time Out Of Mind
Literary usage of Time out of mind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1824)
"The king and his ancestors since time out of mind have used} The clergy in this
parliament inveighing vehemently against this answer, and that it tended to ..."
2. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1830)
"... incorporated into the common law, or received time out of mind, &.c. and then
it becomes part of the canon law, and consequently binding on the subject. ..."
3. A Collection of Acts and Records of Parliament: With Reports of Cases by Sir Henry Gwillim, Charles Ellis (1825)
"... that the bishop for himself, and his tenants, have time out of mind, Sfc.
And as to lands belonging to a monastery, [ 623 ] they must set forth how the ..."
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