Whosoever

//huːsəʊˈɛvə// pron

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Pronoun
  1. 1
    Whatever person or persons: emphasised or elaborated form of whoever. formal

    "Whosoever partakes of this elixir shall have eternal life."

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"And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet."

Etymology

From Middle English whosoever. By surface analysis, who + so + ever.

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