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old-established

British  

adjective

  1. established for a long time

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Mr. Ben-Gurion foresaw American culture and society becoming as unitary as old-established European nations, and pointed out the resultant problems in maintaining Jewish identity.

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 Angela Brazil

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