...a riding school wherein we could learn the art of horsemanship.
...mixed economies wherein the interests of the poor have prevailed.
2. adverb
Wherein means in which part or respect.
[formal]
Wherein lies the truth?
Wherein is also a conjunction.
It is difficult to know wherein Mr Ritchie hoped to find salvation for his country.
wherein in British English
(wɛərˈɪn) archaic or formal
adverb
1.
in what place or respect?
pronoun
2.
in which place, thing, etc
wherein in American English
(hwɛrˈɪn; wɛrˈɪn)
adverb
1. Archaic
in what way? how?
wherein is it wrong?
conjunction
2.
in which
the room wherein he lay
Word origin
ME hwerin: see where & in1
Examples of 'wherein' in a sentence
wherein
Just wherein lies the magic that hauls in such vast heaps of green?
Christianity Today (2000)
There is a hint of danger in their play, wherein lies the hazard as well as the joy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So wherein lies the problem?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
From the point of view of his Essay, wherein lies the potential significance of his theory that makes it so useful in maintaining existing class relations?
Henry, John F The Making of Neoclassical Economics (1990)
In other languages
wherein
British English: wherein PRONOUN
Wherein means in which place or thing.
...a riding school wherein we could learn the art of horsemanship.