forasmuch

adv

1. (not-comparable)Inasmuch, seeing (that).

   “Foraſmuch as many haue taken in hande to ſet foorth in order a declaration of thoſe things which are moſt ſurely beleeued among vs[…]”

2. (not-comparable, obsolete)So far as; with regard to so much as.

   “Forasmuch as belongs to that eating, we are neither defrauded of any good by not eating, nor enriched with any good by the eating of the sanctified bread, which, forasmuch as it hath of materials, goes into the belly.”