time was
adverb
Roget 122:
paleo-;
archaeo-;
formerly;
of old,
of yore;
erst [G.],
whilom,
erewhile†,
time was,
ago,
over;
in the olden time
etc.
n.;
anciently,
long ago,
long since;
a long while,
a long time ago;
years ago,
yesteryear,
ages ago;
some time ago,
some time since,
some time back.
yesterday,
the day before yesterday;
last year,
ultimo;
lately
etc.
(newly)
123.
retrospectively;
ere now,
before now,
till now;
hitherto,
heretofore;
no longer;
once,
once upon a time;
from time immemorial,
from prehistoric times;
in the memory of man;
time out of mind;
already,
yet,
up to this time;
ex post facto.
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phrase
Roget 122:
time was;
the time has been,
the time hath been;
you can't go home again;
fuimus Troes [Lat.]
[Vergil];
fruit Ilium [Lat.]
[Vergil];
hoc erat in more majorum [Lat.];
O call back yesterday, bid time return"
[Richard II];
tempi passati [It];
the eternal landscape of the past"
[Tennyson];
ultimus Romanorum [Lat.];
what's past is prologue"
[Tempest];
whose yesterdays look backward with a smile"
[Young].
2.
Time with reference to a particular period
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