Adjective
long-held (comparative more long-held, superlative most long-held)
held (assumed, proposed, believed etc.) for a long time
I saw the charter as an expression of my long-held view that the subject of law must be the individual human being; the law must permit the individual to fulfil himself or herself to the utmost. Pierre Trudeau
It's always been my long-held belief that eventually insects will take over the world. Bill Bailey
It merely confirmed in him his long-held belief that you should never believe anything anyone said without first checking it. Suspect everybody, had been for many years, if not his whole life, one of his first axioms. Agatha Christie
We would support the government by not voting for a referendum [on the Lisbon treaty]. We would vote against a referendum on the treaty and vote in accordance with our long-held position that the real referendum that needs to be had is whether we stay in the EU or not. Nick Clegg
Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope. Trudi Canavan
Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nation's culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would contradict the long-held body of medical ethics to which all American doctors must adhere. Sherwin B. Nuland