Lexic.us

Definition of Time-honored

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

2. Adjective. Honored because of age or long usage. "Time-honored institutions"

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 ..."

Other Resources: