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

Britain is like an old-established firm of high repute which finds itself, for one reason or another in straits.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the month of January, if mild, but as a rule in February, Herons show a disposition to congregate, and soon after repair to their old-established breeding-places, called Heronries.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.