old-established

British  

adjective

1. established for a long time

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Example Sentences

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 two firms were old-established and respected in the place, having occupied a leading position in the commercial life of the town for generations, by reason of their wealth, superior education and incontestable ability.

From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Nilsen, Anthon Bernhard Elias