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time-honoured

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time-honoured
Adjective
having been used or done for a long time and established by custom
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Adj.1.time-honoured - acceptable for a long time; "time-honored customs"
time-honored
reputable - having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"
2.time-honoured - honored because of age or long usage; "time-honored institutions"
time-honored
honourable, honorable - worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"
time-honoured
adjective long-established, traditional, customary, old, established, fixed, usual, ancient, conventional, venerable, age-old
Translations

time-honoured, time-honored (US) [ˈtaɪmɔnəd] adj → consagrado
time-honoured (US), time-honored [ˈtaɪmɔnəd] adj → consacré(e)
time-honoured (US) time-honored [ˈtaɪmɔnəd] time adj → althergebracht
time-honoured (US), time-honored [ˈtaɪmɔnəd] adj → consacrato/a dal tempo


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There was enough for everybody - India for Russia, a time-honoured dream, but why not?
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Nothing but chowder would have lured them from their gambols in the briny deep; that time-honoured dish demanded the concentrated action of several mighty minds; so the "Water Babies" came ashore and fell to cooking.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Instead I desperately resorted to the time-honoured expedient of setting up a stick and going in the direction of its fall.
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