Time-honored

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Honored because of great age, or long usage. US

    "It would have been a great privilege to be the mistress of an old time-honoured mansion, to call oaks and elms her own, to know that acres of gardens were submitted to her caprices, to look at herds of cows and oxen, and be aware that they lowed on her own pastures."

Adjective
  1. 1
    honored because of age or long usage wordnet
  2. 2
    acceptable for a long time, or having a long history wordnet

Synonyms

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acceptedacknowledgedadmittedage-oldaugustawe inspiring

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"Textile artist-designer Mary Jaeger, who works in a 1920 factory in Brooklyn, New York, blends the time-honored elegance of Japanese textiles with contemporary Western designs."

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