Nelson Mandela

On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.

South African Statesman

Athanasius

Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven.

Roman Saint

Thomas Carlyle

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule.

Scottish Philosopher

Thenceforth carries an old-fashioned tone and often appears in historical or classical literature.

Historically Elegant

Use 'thenceforth' to emphasize a pivotal change or the start of a new phase in a narrative.

Change Marker

'Thenceforth' is less commonly used in everyday language; 'from then on' is more usual in casual speech.