ˈthen(t)s also ˈthe- adverb
Etymology: Middle English thannes, thennes, from thanene, thonene, thenene, thanne, thenne from that place (from Old English thanon, thonan, thonon ) + -s, adverb suffix; akin to Old Frisian thana from that place, Old Saxon & Old High German thanan, thanana, Old Norse thanan from that place, thā then — more at then
1. : from that place
proceeding thence directly to college
— often used with from
timed … the farther walk from thence to the entrance to the docks — F.W.Crofts
2.
a. archaic : not there : elsewhere
b. : away from there — used chiefly in statements of distance
the church stood two miles thence
3. archaic : from that time : thenceforth
4. : from that fact or circumstance : therefrom
atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible — W.V.Quine
a natural conclusion follows thence