What does "theirselves" mean?

Alternative form of themselves.

What is a synonym for "theirselves"?

Common synonyms include: themself, themselves, themselves.

Theirselves

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Pronoun

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Alternative form of themselves. British, Ireland, alt-of, alternative, dialectal
"Or would they have it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?"

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themself themselves themselves

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"Or would they have it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?"

Etymology

From their + -selves, patterned on ourselves and similar terms.

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