time-honoured

adjective

having been observed for a long time and sanctioned by custom

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How to use time-honoured in a sentence

Yet the time-honoured Show was found to be possessed of wonderful vitality.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden Hibbert
"Love in a cottage" is a time-honoured phrase, which changes its significance considerably, according to the lips that utter it.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor Trollope
They are a conservative race, and are perfectly satisfied with their own time-honoured weapons.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de Rougemont
To fall back on the time-honoured maxim, immortalized by Shakespeare, comparisons of this kind are incompatible if not odious.
Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value | Arthur Glyn Leonard
That process, time-honoured in the hotel line, will not produce the beverage called coffee.
Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope

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