time-honored

[ tahym-on-erd ]

/ ˈtaɪmˌɒn ərd /

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

This time-honored phenomenon has a name: The October surprise.

Brace Yourself: October Election Surprises Surely on the Way |Matt Lewis |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Thus, the time-honored approach of separating the sick from the well is unlikely to prevent spread.

U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’ |Kent Sepkowitz |April 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A time-honored and noble legacy is kept alive by a yearning for discovery and exploration.

Nicolas Ghesquière Presents His Debut Collection for Louis Vuitton |Liza Foreman |March 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Establishing a blue-ribbon commission in the midst of scandal is a time-honored Washington tradition.

Obama’s Panel on Domestic Spying Abuses Didn’t Pull Its Punches |Daniel Klaidman |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Writing about themselves having sex is a time-honored way for young women to get it.

Sexual Medicine Sold as Sugar: Ashley Cardiff’s Essays |Thomas Leveritt |July 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
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