old-established
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Every day an average of 2,000 people are crossing into Uganda from the old-established states of Western, Central and Eastern Equatoria in the south of the country.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2017
Being unaffiliated is not the same as being atheist or agnostic, but it does suggest a waning of evangelical institutional authority, just as traditional authority in the old-established churches began crumbling several decades ago.
From Economist • May 3, 2012
After the family had moved west across London to settle in Putney, Judt was educated at Emanuel school, an old-established independent school in Battersea.
From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2010
Argentina's Jose Arce obliquely defended Franco by urging caution against "any downfall in the old-established human societies and centers of culture."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Council Meeting was always held in the big schoolroom, and, by old-established rule, classes stopped at 3.30 instead of 4, so as to allow extra time for the proceedings.
From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela
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