/hear af"teuhr, -ahf"-/ , adv.
1. after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
2. in the time to follow; from now on: Hereafter I will not accept their calls.
3. in the life or world to come.
4. hereinafter.
n.
5. a life or existence after death; the future beyond mortal existence.
6. time to come; the future.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE heraefter. See HERE, AFTER ]