immemorial usage
noun
Roget 613:
habit,
habitude;
assuetude†,
assuefaction†,
wont;
run,
way.
common state of things,
general state of things,
natural state of things,
ordinary state of things,
ordinary course of things,
ordinary run of things;
matter of course;
beaten path,
beaten track,
beaten ground.
prescription,
custom,
use,
usage,
immemorial usage,
practice;
prevalence,
observance;
conventionalism,
conventionality;
mode,
fashion,
vogue;
etiquette
etc.
(gentility)
852;
order of the day,
cry;
conformity
etc.
82;
consuetude,
dustoor†.
one's old way,
old school,
veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.];
laudator temporis acti [Lat.].
rule,
standing order,
precedent,
routine;
red-tape,
red-tapism†;
pipe clay;
rut,
groove.
cacoethes [Lat.];
bad habit,
confirmed habit,
inveterate habit,
intrinsic habit
&c.;
addiction,
trick.
training
etc.
(education)
537;
seasoning,
second nature,
acclimatization;
knack
etc.
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Roget 124:
oldness
etc.
adj.†;
age,
antiquity;
cobwebs of antiquity.
maturity;
decline,
decay;
senility
etc.
128.
seniority,
eldership,
primogeniture.
archaism
etc.
(the past)
122;
thing of the past,
relic of the past;
megatherium†;
Sanskrit.
tradition,
prescription,
custom,
immemorial usage,
common law.
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