long-standing

See also: longstanding

English

long-standing (comparative longer-standing, superlative longest-standing)

Having existed for a long time.
- 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 60:
  Forty-five years ago, Crewe was witnessing the first year of the revised timetable associated with the 'Electric Scots' services, following inauguration of through London-Glasgow electric running in May 1974. Except for Euston-North Wales traffic, the long-standing practice of motive power changing at Crewe had ended.
Having been done for long enough time to become convention.
Long-standing custom calls for referring to the town chairman as mayor, even though we don't have a mayor.

having existed for a long time

Bulgarian: дългогодишен (bg) (dǎlgogodišen), отдавнашен (bg) (otdavnašen)
Finnish: pitkäaikainen (fi)
French: de longue date (fr), ancien (fr)
German: langjährig (de), langgedient, jahrelang (de), seit langer Zeit bestehend , langbestehend, altgedient (de), alt (de)
Italian: di vecchia data, di lunga durata, di lunga data
Latin: inveterātus
Maori: tūroa, mauki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: årelang

Nynorsk: årelang
Portuguese: de longa data (pt)
Spanish: de larga data
Vietnamese: lâu đời (vi)

having been done for long enough time to become convention

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