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time-honored

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time-hon·ored (tmnrd)
adj.
Respected or adhered to because of age or age-old observance.
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Adj.1.time-honored - acceptable for a long time; "time-honored customs"
time-honoured
reputable - having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"
2.time-honored - honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions"
time-honoured
honourable, honorable - worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"


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I felt the structure of our time-honored militaristic arguments crumbling about me.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
She was probably the very last person in town who still kept the time-honored spinning-wheel in constant revolution.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
For, from his thoughts alone, you could never have gleaned the truth--that he had been born to a gentle English lady or that his sire had been an English nobleman of time-honored lineage.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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