It is based on a 14th-century town (aldermen) seal, referring to the centuries-long tradition as a mining area.

Whaling in the Netherlands was a centuries-long tradition.

Moreover, Kleindrebnitz has a centuries-long tradition in fish farming.

This is based on a centuries-long tradition of community, for which kabyles are renowned.

The textile industry has a centuries-long tradition in the town, which is still alive today.

Sussex has a centuries-long tradition of sport.

He is both motivated and paralyzed by the centuries-long tradition of which he feels himself a part.

Another issue with tradability is that large enterprises may buy all the quotas, ending what may be a centuries-long tradition of small-scale operations.

The keeping of such kirkebøger ("church books") is a centuries-long tradition, dating from when the parish rectors were the only government representatives in rural areas.

Breaking a centuries-long tradition, he would rather associate with scholars and humanists, than with artists belonging to his own craft.