old-established

British  

adjective

1. established for a long time

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Example Sentences

Several hundred trade unionists at the old-established Berlin engineering works, Bergmann-Borsig, have called on the country’s trade union leader, Mr Harry Tisch, to open a dialogue on changes they say are ‘urgently necessary’ in all areas of society.

From The Guardian

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

The old-established shops of the town centre began to suffer.

From BBC

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

Astonishing Bargains"—these two portentous words headed each white placard in monstrous red capitals;—"Bence Brothers, having acquired this old-established business, will clear the entire stock, together with surplus and slightly soiled goods from their own house, at heart-breaking reductions on cost;"—"Opening 9 A.M.

From Project Gutenberg