Definition of Time-honored

1. Adjective. Acceptable for a long time. "Time-honored customs"

Exact synonyms: Time-honoured
Similar to: Reputable

2. Adjective. Honored because of age or long usage. "Time-honored institutions"
Exact synonyms: Time-honoured
Similar to: Honorable, Honourable

Definition of Time-honored

1. Adjective. honored because of great age, or long usage ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Time-honored

time-bills
time-bomb
time-bombs
time-book
time-compensated gain
time-consuming
time-delay
time-delay measuring instrument
time-delay measuring system
time-delays
time-dependent
time-exposure
time-frame
time-fuse
time-gain compensation
time-honored (current term)
time-honoured
time-independent
time-invariant
time-keeper
time-keepers
time-keeping
time-killer
time-killers
time-lapse
time-lapse microscopy
time-like
time-limit
time-line
time-lock

Literary usage of Time-honored

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"Having determined the specific gravity of these alloys by the time-honored scheme of weighing in air and water, with a good balance, the results are ..."

2. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"We do not, however, mean to allege that with the greater privileges and increased freedom which entered into woman's life the old virtues and time-honored ..."

3. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg (1851)
"... and ask not for time to bid them so much as farewell, when once they have been detected. time-honored rites of the Jewish ceremonial without a sigh. ..."

4. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"... that the repeal began to be mooted, he uttered solemn words of warning, and strongly remonstrated against the abrogation of this time-honored compact. ..."

5. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"... that the Democratic party is held together by the cohesion of time-honored principles, which they will never surrender in exchange for all the offices ..."

6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... but the unconditional support of candidates nominated by National and State Convention», convened in accordance with the time-honored usages of the ..."

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