All the objects were made in porcelain or wood workshops in Italy that have illustrious traditions in craft and sculpture going back to the medieval age.

In assembling the best-trained force-for-hire in the world, Miner had revived Switzerland's illustrious mercenary tradition.

For most of its history, New York was a military town with an illustrious tradition, but these days uniforms are a rarity, following decades of base closings.

But the Yankees have become much more than the embodiment of their own illustrious tradition.

In this he followed the illustrious tradition of his family in aiding the Aragonese monarchs against the Moors in Spain.

Corolla has an illustrious tradition.

This sport has an illustrious tradition of hunting and warfare dating to ancient Egyptian and Greek times.

"They felt their competitive advantage was to trade on the romanticism and illustrious tradition that no one could match," Mr. Chernow said.

"For most of its history, New York was a military town with an illustrious tradition," Dr. Nofi said.

Hungary offered me an illustrious tradition of cold fruit soups, though most of the recipes require cooking the fruit first.