**timeworn** (adj.)

> That has been practised or adhered to for a long time; old, ancient.
> 
> **1840** It is not only a **time-worn** custom with the Spaniards and Portuguese, but is a frequent practice in parts of our own southern
> states.  
>*Around World* vol. I. v. 61
> 
> **1954** The bearded Arabs in their traditional clothes, the more rustical among them as openly delighted as children with his **time-worn**
> tricks.  
>J. Huxley, *From Antique Land* viii. 135
>  
> **2006** The more graceful and **timeworn** tradition of the Southern plantation house. E. Coffman, *Alone in Dark* v. 39  
>[OED]

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> Becoming a person of psychological and spiritual substance is a result
> of the committed pursuit of self-knowledge. This quest marks the
> **timeworn path** outlined by many of the great philosophers and religious figures of the past and present.  
>[Bud Harris; *Sacred
> Selfishness*][1] (2011)


> He sniffs out something of a game trail, a **timeworn Shoshone path**,
> leading straight up from the springs. He and Boyer angle for the
> ridge, trotting like a pair of wild goats.  
>[David Page; *Explorer's
> Guide Yosemite & the Southern Sierra Nevada*][2] (2017)
 
> The **road** leading to San Vicente appeared **timeworn**, with many
> dilapidated and abandoned houses  
>[Bernadette Soto; *My Journey Off
> the Beaten Path*][3] (2017)

> This time, an alternate loop leads up a low hill on a **timeworn**
> farm **road**.  
>[Johnny Molloy; *Hiking through History—New England*][4]
> (2015)
 
> Nánapwala led him along the sacred, **timeworn path** to the
> cornfields.  
>[Nancy Woodbridge; *Daniel's Return*][5] (2012)
 
> I walked over and read the lines from its **timeworn pages**: [Richard
> Morgan; *Autumn Wisdom*][6] (2007)

Note, however, that any positive connotation is absent in those contexts where *timeworn* means *hackneyed*.


  [1]: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sacred_Selfishness/gaRke3K19DgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22timeworn%20path%22&pg=PR10&printsec=frontcover
  [2]: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Explorer_s_Guide_Yosemite_the_Southern_S/cP0_DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=timeworn%20path%20leading&pg=PT156&printsec=frontcover
  [3]: https://www.google.com/books/edition/My_Journey_Off_the_Beaten_Path_The_Quest/kSIvDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=timeworn%20path%20leading&pg=PT47&printsec=frontcover
  [4]: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hiking_through_History_New_England/djfHBwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=timeworn%20path%20leading&pg=PA15&printsec=frontcover
  [5]: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Daniel_s_Return/pCDgjCWtYNcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=timeworn%20path%20leading&pg=PA127&printsec=frontcover
  [6]: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Autumn_Wisdom/OxFKAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=timeworn%20pages&pg=PA57&printsec=frontcover