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adjective revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
Also especially British , time-hon·oured .
Origin of time-honored First recorded in 1585–95
Words nearby time-honored time exposure, time flies, time frame, time hangs heavy, Time heals all wounds, time-honored , time-honoured, time immemorial, Time is money, Time is of the essence, time is ripe
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Example sentences from the Web for time-honored This time-honored phenomenon has a name: The October surprise.
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Thus, the time-honored approach of separating the sick from the well is unlikely to prevent spread.
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A time-honored and noble legacy is kept alive by a yearning for discovery and exploration.
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Establishing a blue-ribbon commission in the midst of scandal is a time-honored Washington tradition.
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Writing about themselves having sex is a time-honored way for young women to get it.
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It happened obedient to the time-honored behest—Help yourself, and heaven will help you.
The Galley Slave's Ring | Eugne Sue
He hated the bigotry and narrow-mindedness which forbade the study of any subject but the time-honored Talmud.
Rabbi and Priest | Milton Goldsmith
We should all of us, I am sure, have liked to see the major's grin, when the worthy old gentleman made his time-honored joke.
A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 | William Makepeace Thackeray
It is an institution of free men and of gentlemen, and it is an ole one and time-honored .
The God of His Fathers | Jack London
True, he had thus far broken with the world of time-honored traditions only in part.
The Quickening | Francis Lynde
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Words related to time-honored conventional, customary, classical, usual, noble, traditional, accepted, accustomed, ancestral, classic, fixed, folk, historic, old, popular, regular, rooted, standard, universal, vintage