yore

noun

1. (poetic, uncountable)A time long past.

   “This word comes from the days of yore.”

   “It appeared strange to me that the “little dipper” should be still diving quietly in the river, as of yore; and it suggested that this bird might continue to dive here when Concord should be no more.”

   “In days of yore and times long gone before there was a Sultan of India who begat three sons; the eldest hight Prince Husayn, the second Prince Ali, and the youngest Prince Ahmad; moreover he had a niece, named Princess Nur al-Nihár, the daughter of his cadet brother who, dying early, left his only child under her uncle's charge.”

   “Several logistics executives told me that if half-full freight vans from multiple firms kept congesting the streets, the best solution might be for every retailer to use a single firm instead. One delivery service to rule them all – just like the postal service of yore.”

adv

1. (not-comparable, obsolete)In time long past; long ago.

   “Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, / Yet I to them for iudgement iust do fly”