time-honored
time-honored
Definition
time·-honored (tīm′än′ərd)
adjective
honored or observed because in existence or usage for a long time
time-honored
Synonyms
time-honored
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- tradition: Reading a favorite story to a child at bedtime is a wonderful and time-honored tradition in many families.
- classic: On this volume you'll find some of magic's best performers performing and explaining their own versions of this time-honored classic.
- system: Truth, independent of doctrines or time-honored systems, stands at the threshold of history.
- principle: It is first shown that this conception is consistent with time-honored principle of unity in diversity.
- way: So impressed were the gods with the depth of his devotion that they granted him immortality in the time-honored way.
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