agelong

[eyj-lawng, -long]

adjective

Origin of agelong

First recorded in 1800–10; age + long¹

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In his own spirit is enacted the agelong world-drama of toil.
The Gate of Appreciation
Carleton Noyes
In this the modern European is the heir of an agelong tradition.
Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
Clement A. Miles
The unity of our own France was forged by agelong struggles between the separate provinces.
The Forerunners
Romain Rolland
I do not propose here to reopen the agelong dispute between free will and determinism, which seems to me largely verbal.
The Forerunners
Romain Rolland
Such consequences, so wide-spread and agelong, can follow from the story of but one life.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1
A. Maclaren