Sentence examples for custom dates back from inspiring English sources

The custom dates back longer than indicated, to the time of Moses, about 3,500 years.

This custom dates back to 1910, when the shack was erected and the mem put on duty there.

As the plaque next to the dress says, this custom dates back to King George IV wearing tartan to visit Edinburgh in 1822.

This custom dates back to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968 that introduced the idea of moving certain holidays to designated Mondays to increase the number of three-day weekends for federal employees.

The custom dates back to the civil war, when the monarch and parliament were on less cordial terms.

But the smoothness of "Jumping the Broom," which takes its name from an African-American wedding custom dating back to slavery, is a bit of a problem.

One such custom, dating back 3,000 years, is the lighting of tiny votive lamps on the banks of the Ganges in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi.

"With Brewlywed Ale, we're celebrating the specialty-beer tradition with our drinkers while honoring a custom dating back to Middle Ages".

That tradition dates back decades.

The tradition dates back to 1938.

Such customs date back centuries, and Benedict appeared to thrive on them.